Egfr antigen binding fragments and compositions comprising same

ABSTRACT

The present disclosure related to antigen-binding units that specifically bind to EGFR or epitopes thereof. Some embodiments include bispecific anti-EGFR/anti-CD3 constructs with improved expression and/or stability. Related methods are also disclosed.

CROSS-REFERENCE

This This application is a U.S. National Phase of InternationalApplication No. PCT/US2020/039682, filed Jun. 25, 2020, which claimspriority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 63/043,486, filed Jun. 24,2020 and U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/866,749, filed Jun. 26,2019, all of which are incorporated by reference herein in theirentirety.

SEQUENCE LISTING

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Many approved cancer therapeutics are cytotoxic drugs that kill normalcells as well as tumor cells. The therapeutic benefit of these cytotoxicdrugs depends on tumor cells being more sensitive than normal cells,thereby allowing clinical responses to be achieved using doses that donot result in unacceptable side effects. However, essentially all ofthese non-specific drugs result in some if not severe damage to normaltissues, which often limits treatment suitability.

Bispecific antibodies can offer a different approach to cytotoxic drugsby directing immune effector cells to kill cancer cells. Bispecificantibodies combine the benefits of different binding specificitiesderived from two monoclonal antibodies into a single composition,enabling approaches or combinations of coverages that are not possiblewith monospecific antibodies. In one embodiment, this approach relies onbinding of one arm of the bispecific antibody to a tumor-associatedantigen or marker, while the other arm, upon binding the CD3 molecule onT cells, triggers their cytotoxic activity by the release of effectormolecules such as such as TNF-α, IFN-γ, interleukins 2, 4 and 10,perforin, and granzymes. Advances in antibody engineering have led tothe development of a number of bispecific antibody formats andcompositions for redirecting effector cells to tumor targets, includingbispecifics that function by recruiting and activating polyclonalpopulations of T cells at tumor sites, and do so without the need forco-stimulation or conventional MHC recognition. There remains, however,the dual problems of certain patients experiencing serious side effectsreferred to as “cytokine storm” or “cytokine release syndrome” (Lee DWet al. Current concepts in the diagnosis and management of cytokinerelease syndrome. Blood. 2014 124(2):188-195) mediated by the release ofTNF-α and IFN-γ, amongst other cytokines, in addition to the fact thatsome bispecific compositions have a very short half-life, necessitatingcontinuous infusions of four to eight weeks in order to maintaincirculating concentrations within the therapeutic window for sufficienttime to achieve a therapeutic effect, or have a variable effect. Thus,there is an unmet need in the field for the development of effectivebispecific antibodies for use in cancer treatment.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to anti-epidermal growth factor receptor(EGFR) antigen binding fragments incorporated into chimeric fusionproteins and methods of using or making the same. In one aspect,disclosed herein is a polypeptide comprising an antibody bindingfragment (AF1), wherein the AF1 comprises light chaincomplementarity-determining regions (CDR-L), heavy chaincomplementarity-determining regions (CDR-H), light chain frameworkregions (FR-L), and heavy chain framework regions (FR-H), and whereinthe AF1: a. specifically binds to epidermal growth factor receptor(EGFR); and b. comprises FR-H1, FR-H2, FR-H3, and FR-H4, wherein FR-H1has an amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOS: 14-16, FR-H2 has anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:18 or SEQ ID NO: 19, FR-H3 has an aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 20 or SEQ ID NO:21, and FR-H4 has an aminoacid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOS: 22-24. In some embodiments, theAF1 comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%,99% sequence identity or is identical to an amino acid sequence of anyone of SEQ ID NOS: 37-51. In certain embodiments, the AF1 is a chimericor a humanized antigen binding fragment. In one embodiment, the AF1 isselected from the group consisting of Fv, Fab, Fab′, Fab′-SH, linearantibody, and single-chain variable fragment (scFv).

In another embodiment, the AF1 comprises a variable heavy (VH) aminoacid sequence having at least 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%,98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical to an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 28-32. In certain embodiments, the AF1 comprises a variablelight (VL) amino acid sequence having at least 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%,95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical to an aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25-27.

In some embodiments, the AF1 further comprises CDR-H3, wherein the CDRH3has an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6. In certain embodiments, theAF1 further comprises CDR-H1, CDR-H2, and CDR-H3, having amino acidsequences of SEQ ID NOS: 4, 5, and 6, respectively. In certainembodiments, the AF1 CDR-L comprises CDR-L1, CDR-L2, and CDR-L3comprising the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 1, 2, and 3,respectively.

In other embodiments, the AF1 further comprises FR-L comprising FR-L1,FR-L2, FR-L3, and FR-L4, wherein a. FR-L1 exhibits at least 90%, or atleast 95% sequence identity or is identical to amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 7; b. FR-L2 exhibits at least 90%, or at least 95% sequenceidentity or is identical to amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:8; c. FR-L3exhibits at least 90%, or at least 95% sequence identity or is identicalto amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 9-11; and d. FR-L4 exhibits atleast 90%, or at least 95% sequence identity or is identical to aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13. In certain embodiments, the FR-Lcomprise: a. a FR-L1 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7, b. aFR-L2 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 8, c. a FR-L3 havingan amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, d. a FR-L4 having an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 13. In another embodiment, the FR-L comprises: a.a FR-L1 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7, b. a FR-L2 havingan amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 8, c. a FR-L3 having an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 10, d. a FR-L4 having an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 13. In yet another embodiment, the FR-L comprises: a. a FR-L1having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7, b. a FR-L2 having anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 8, c. a FR-L3 having an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 11, and d. a FR-L4 having an amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 13.

In one embodiment, the FR-H comprises: a. a FR-H1 having an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 14, b. a FR-H2 having an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 18, b. a FR-H3 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:20, and c. a FR-H4 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 22 or 23.In other embodiments, the FR-H comprises: a. a FR-H1 having an aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 15, b. a FR-H2 having an amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 19, c. a FR-H3 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:21, and d. a FR-H4 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 24. Incertain embodiments, FR-H comprises: a. a FR-H1 having an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 16, b. a FR-H2 having an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 19, c. a FR-H3 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:20, and d. a FR-H4 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 22 or 23.In some embodiments, the AF1 has at least one or at least two amino acidsubstitutions, relative to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 52, ofa hydrophobic amino acid in a framework region wherein the hydrophobicamino acid is selected from isoleucine, leucine or methionine and thesubstituted amino acid is selected from arginine, threonine, orglutamine.

In one embodiment, the polypeptide further comprises a first releasesegment peptide (RS1) and/or a first extended recombinant polypeptide(XTEN1), wherein the RS1 is a substrate for cleavage by a mammalianprotease. In some embodiments, the fusion protein, in an uncleavedstate, has a structural arrangement from N-terminus to C-terminus ofAF1-RS1-XTEN1 or XTEN1-RS1-AF1.

In some embodiments, the RS1 is a substrate for a protease selected fromthe group consisting of legumain, MMP-2, MMP-7, MMP-9, MMP-11, MMP-14,uPA, and matriptase. In other embodiments, the RS1 comprises an aminoacid sequence having at least 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%,98%, 99%, or 100% sequence identity to a sequence selected from any oneof SEQ ID NOS: 53-671. In certain embodiments, the RS1 comprises anamino acid sequence selected from the sequences of RSR-2089, RSR-2295,RSR-2298, RSR-2488, RSR-2599, RSR-2485, RSR-2486, RSR-2728, RSN-2089,RSN-2295, RSN-2298, RSN-2488, RSN-2599, RSN-2485, RSN-2486, RSN-2728,RSC-2089, RSC-2295, RSC-2298, RSC-2488, RSC-2599, RSC-2485, RSC-2486,and RSC-2728, each of which being set forth in Table 5.

In some embodiments, the polypeptide disclosed herein further comprisesa first extended recombinant polypeptide (XTEN1), wherein the XTEN1 ischaracterized in that a. it has at least about 36 amino acids; b. atleast 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% of theamino acid residues of the XTEN1 sequence are selected from glycine (G),alanine (A), serine (S), threonine (T), glutamate (E) and proline (P);and c. it has at least 4-6 different amino acids selected from G, A, S,T, E and P. In certain embodiments, the XTEN1 comprises an amino acidsequence that comprises at least three of the amino acid sequences ofSEQ ID NOS: 672-675. In another embodiment, the XTEN1 comprises an aminoacid sequence having at least about 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%,97%, 98%, 99%, or 100% sequence identity to a sequence selected from anyone of SEQ ID NOS: 676-734. In certain embodiments, XTEN1 comprises anamino acid sequence having at least about 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%,96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or 100% sequence identity to a sequence selectedfrom the sequences of AE144_1A, AE144_2A, AE1442B, AE144_3A, AE144_3B,AE1444A, AE1444B, AE144_5A, AE144_6B, AE144_7A, AE284, AE288_1, AE2882,AE288_3, AE292, AE293, AE300, AE576, AE584, AE864, AE864_2, AE865,AE866, AE867, and AE868, each of which being set forth in Table 7.

In certain embodiments, the AF1 has a higher isoelectric point (pI)relative to that of an antigen binding fragment consisting of a sequenceshown in SEQ ID NO: 52. In one embodiment, the AF1 is incorporated intothe polypeptide to form an anti-EGFR bispecific antibody, thepolypeptide exhibits a higher pI relative to a control bispecificantibody, wherein said polypeptide comprises said AF1 and a referenceantigen binding fragment that binds to a cluster of differentiation 3 Tcell receptor (CD3), and wherein said control bispecific antigen bindingfragment is identical to the polypeptide except that the AF1 is replacedwith SEQ ID NO:52 . In another embodiment, the AF1 exhibits a pI that isat least 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, or 1.0 pH unitshigher than the pI of the antigen binding fragment consisting of asequence shown in SEQ ID NO:52. In certain embodiments, the AF1 exhibitsa pI that is between 5.4 and 6.6, inclusive. In other embodiments, theAF1 exhibits a pI of about 5.4 to about 5.6, or about 5.5 to about 5.7,or about 5.6 to about 5.8, or about 5.7 to about 5.9, or about 5.8 toabout 6.0, or about 5.9 to about 6.1, or about 6.0 to about 6.2, orabout 6.1 to about 6.3, or about 6.2 to about 6.4, or about 6.3 to about6.5, or about 6.4 to about 6.6. In another embodiment, AF1 exhibits a pIof about 5.4, or about 5.5, or about 5.6, or about 5.7, or about 5.8, orabout 5.9, or about 6.0, or about 6.1, or about 6.2, or about 6.3, orabout 6.4, or about 6.5, or about 6.6.

In certain embodiments, the AF1 specifically binds human or cynomolgusmonkey (cyno) EGFR. In other embodiments, the AF1 specifically bindshuman and cynomolgus monkey (cyno) EGFR. In some embodiments, the AF1specifically binds EGFR with a K_(d) between about 0.1 nM and about 100nM, as determined in an in vitro antigen-binding assay comprising EGFRor an epitope thereof.

In another embodiment, the polypeptide further comprises a secondantigen binding fragment (AF2) that specifically binds to cluster ofdifferentiation 3 T cell receptor (CD3). In certain embodiments, (1) theAF2 fragment is selected from the group consisting of Fv, Fab, Fab′,Fab′-SH, linear antibody, a single domain antibody, and single-chainvariable fragment (scFv), or (2) the AF1 and AF2 are configured as an(Fab′)2 or a single chain diabody.

In some embodiments, the AF2 is fused to the AF1 by a flexible peptidelinker. In certain embodiment, the flexible linker comprises 2 or 3types of amino acids selected from the group consisting of glycine,serine, and proline.

In some embodiment, the AF2 comprises a variable heavy (VH) amino acidsequence having at least 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%,99% sequence identity or is identical to an amino acid sequence of SEQID NO:766 or SEQ ID NO:769. In certain embodiments, the AF2 comprises avariable light (VL) amino acid sequence having at least 90%, 91%, 92%,93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical toan amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOS: 765, 767, 768, 770, or771. In another embodiment, the AF2 comprises an amino acid sequencehaving at least 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or isidentical to an amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOS:776-780.

In certain embodiments, the AF2 comprises light chaincomplementarity-determining regions (CDR-L) and heavy chaincomplementarity-determining regions (CDR-H), and wherein the antigenbinding fragment comprises CDR-H1, CDR-H2, and CDR-H3, having amino acidsequences of SEQ ID NOS: 742, 743, and 744, respectively. In someembodiments, the CDR-L comprises: a. a CDR-L1 having an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NOS: 735 or 736, b. a CDR-L2 having an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NOS: 738 or 739, and c. a CDR-L3 having an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:740.

In other embodiments, the AF2 further comprises light chain frameworkregions (FR-L) and heavy chain framework regions (FR-H) wherein AF2comprises: a. a FR-L1 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 746;b. a FR-L2 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 747; c. a FR-L3having an amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOS:748-751; d. aFR-L4 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:754; e. a FR-H1 havingan amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:755 or SEQ ID NO:756; f. a FR-H2having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:759; g. a FR-H3 having anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:760; and h. a FR-H4 having an aminoacid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NO:764. In another embodiment, theantigen binding fragment comprises: a. a FR-L1 having an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 746; b. a FR-L2 having an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 747; c. a FR-L3 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:748; d. a FR-L4 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 754; e. aFR-H1 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 755; f. a FR-H2 havingan amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 759; g. a FR-H3 having an aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 760; and h. a FR-H4 having an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 764. In yet another embodiment, the antigenbinding fragment comprises: a. a FR-L1 having an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO:746; b. a FR-L2 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO:747; c. a FR-L3 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:749; d. aFR-L4 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:754; e. a FR-H1 havingan amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:756; f. a FR-H2 having an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:759; g. a FR-H3 having an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO:760; and h. a FR-H4 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO:764. In certain embodiment, the antigen binding fragment comprises:a. a FR-L1 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 746; b. a FR-L2having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:747; c. a FR-L3 having anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:750; d. a FR-L4 having an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:754; e. a FR-H1 having an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO:756; f. a FR-H2 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO:759; g. a FR-H3 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:760; andh. a FR-H4 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:764. In yetanother embodiment, the antigen binding fragment comprises: a. a FR-L1having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 746; b. a FR-L2 having anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 747; c. a FR-L3 having an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 751; d. a FR-L4 having an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 754; e. a FR-H1 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:756; f. a FR-H2 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 759; g. aFR-H3 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 760; and h. a FR-H4having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 764.

In some embodiments, the polypeptide further comprises a second releasesegment (RS2) and/or a second extended recombinant polypeptide (XTEN2),wherein the RS2 is a substrate for cleavage by a mammalian protease. Insome embodiments, the sequences of RS1 and RS2 are identical. In anotherembodiment, the sequences of RS1 and RS2 are not identical.

In some embodiments, the polypeptide has a structural arrangement fromN-terminus to C-terminus as follows: XTEN1-RS1-AF1-AF2-RS2-XTEN2,XTEN1-RS1-AF2-AF1-RS2-XTEN2, XTEN2-RS2-AF2-AF1-RS1-XTEN1,XTEN2-RS2-AF1-AF2-RS1-XTEN1, XTEN2-RS2-diabody-RS1-XTENI1, orXTEN1-RS1-diabody-RS2-XTEN2, wherein the diabody comprises VL and VH ofthe AF1 and AF2, wherein the AF2 specifically binds CD3 and AF1specifically binds EGFR, and wherein XTEN 1 and XTEN2 are of the same ordifferent amino acid length or sequence.

In certain embodiments, the RS2 is a substrate for a protease selectedfrom legumain, MMP-2, MMP-7, MMP-9, MMP-11, MMP-14, uPA, and matriptase.In other embodiments, the RS2 comprises an amino acid sequence having atleast 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identityto a sequence selected from SEQ ID NOS:53-671. In certain embodiments,the RS1 and RS2 are each a substrate for cleavage by multiple proteasesat one, two, or three cleavage sites within each release segmentsequence.

In some embodiments, the XTEN2 is characterized in that a. it has atleast about 36 amino acids; b. at least 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%,96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% of the amino acid residues of the XTEN1sequence are selected from glycine (G), alanine (A), serine (S),threonine (T), glutamate (E) and proline (P); and c. it has at least 4-6different amino acids selected from G, A, S, T, E and P. In certainembodiments, the XTEN2 comprises an amino acid sequence having at leastabout 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or 100% sequenceidentity to a sequence selected from SEQ ID NOS: 676-734. In otherembodiments, the XTEN2 comprises an amino acid sequence having at leastabout 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or 100% sequenceidentity to a sequence selected from the sequences of AE144_1A,AE144_2A, AE144_2B, AE144_3A, AE144_3B, AE144_4A, AE144_4B, AE144_5A,AE144_6B, AE144_7A, AE284, AE288_1, AE288_2, AE288_3, AE292, AE293,AE300, AE576, AE584, AE864, AE864_2, AE865, AE866, AE867, and AE868,each of which being set forth in Table 7. In certain embodiments, theXTEN2 comprises an amino acid sequence that comprises at least three ofthe amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 672-675.

In some embodiments, the T_(m) of the AF2 is at least 2° C. greater, orat least 3° C. greater, or at least 4° C. greater, or at least 5° C.greater, or at least 6° C. greater, or at least 7° C. greater, or atleast 8° C. greater, or at least 9° C. greater, or at least 10° C.greater than the T_(m) of an antigen binding fragment consisting of asequence of SEQ ID NO:781, as determined by an increase in meltingtemperature in an in vitro assay.

In some embodiments, the AF2 binds a CD3 complex subunit selected fromany one of CD3 epsilon, CD3 delta, CD3 gamma, CD3 zeta, CD3 alpha andCD3 beta epsilon. In one embodiment, the AF2 specifically binds human orcynomolgus monkey (cyno) CD3. In yet another embodiment, the AF2specifically binds human and cynomolgus monkey (cyno) CD3.

In other embodiments, the AF2 specifically binds human or cyno CD3 witha dissociation constant (K_(d)) constant between about 10 nM and about400 nM, as determined in an in vitro antigen-binding assay. In certainembodiments, the AF2 specifically binds human or cyno CD3 with adissociation constant (K_(d)) constant between about 10 nM and about 400nM, or between about 50 nM and about 350 nM, or between about 100 nM and300 nM, as determined in an in vitro antigen-binding assay. In certainembodiments, the AF2 specifically binds human or cyno CD3 with adissociation constant (K_(d)) weaker than about 3 nM, or about 10 nM, orabout 50 nM, or about 100 nM, or about 150 nM, or about 200 nM, or about250 nM, or about 300 nM, or about 400 nM, as determined in an in vitroantigen-binding assay. In other embodiments, AF2 specifically bindshuman or cyno CD3 with at least 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold, 5-fold, 6-fold,7-fold, 8-fold, 9-fold, or at least 10-fold weaker binding affinity thanan antibody-binding fragment consisting of an amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 781, as determined by the respective dissociation constants(K_(d)) in an in vitro antigen-binding assays. In yet anotherembodiment, the binding affinity of the AF1 to EGFR is at least 10-foldgreater, or at least 100-fold greater, or at least 1000-fold greaterthan the binding affinity of the AF2 to CD3, as measured in an in vitroantigen-binding assay.

In certain embodiments, the AF2 exhibits an isoelectric point (pI) thatis less than or equal to 6.6. In another embodiment, the AF2 exhibits apI that is between 5.5 and 6.6, inclusive. In other embodiments, the AF2exhibits a pI that is between about 5.5 and 6.6, or about 5.6 and about6.4, or about 5.8 and about 6.2, or about 6.0 and about 6.2. In someembodiments, the AF2 exhibits a pI that is at least 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4,0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, or 1.0 pH units lower than the pI of areference antigen binding fragment consisting of a sequence shown in SEQID NO: 781. In another embodiment, the AF2 exhibits a pI that is withinat least about 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 1.0, 1.1,1.2, 1.3, 1.4 or about 1.5 pH units of the pI of the AF 1. In certainembodiments, the AF2 exhibits a pI that is within at least about 0.1 toabout 1.5, or at least about 0.3 to about 1.2, or at least about 0.5 toabout 1.0, or at least about 0.7 to about 0.9 pH units of the pI of theAF1.

In another aspect, the present disclosure provides a bispecificantigen-binding unit comprising: a. a first antigen-binding fragment(AF1) wherein the AF1 specifically binds to EGFR; and b. a secondantigen-binding fragment (AF2) wherein the AF2 specifically binds tocluster of differentiation 3 T cell receptor (CD3); wherein a differencebetween an isoelectric point (pI) of the second antigen binding fragmentand a pI of the first antigen binding fragment is from 0 to about 0.2,0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, or 1.5 pHunits, as determined by an in vitro assays. In some embodiments, the AF1comprises a variable heavy (VH) amino acid sequence having at least 90%,91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or isidentical to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 28-32. In otherembodiments, the AF1 comprises a variable light (VL) amino acid sequencehaving at least 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%sequence identity or is identical to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 25-27. In certain embodiments, the AF1 comprises an amino acidsequence having at least 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or isidentical to an amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOS: 37-51. Inother embodiments, (1) each of the AF1 and the AF2 fragment is selectedfrom the group consisting of Fv, Fab, Fab′, Fab′-SH, linear antibody, asingle domain antibody, and single-chain variable fragment (scFv), or(2) the AF1 and AF2 are configured as an (Fab′)2 or a single chaindiabody.

In some embodiments, the AF1 of the bispecific antigen-binding unitcomprises light chain complementarity-determining regions (CDR-L), heavychain complementarity-determining regions (CDR-H), light chain frameworkregions (FR-L), and heavy chain framework regions (FR-H), and whereinthe AF1 comprises FR-H1, FR-H2, FR-H3, and FR-H4.

In other embodiments, the AF1 further comprises CDR-H3, wherein theCDRH3 has an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6. In certainembodiments, the AF1 further comprises CDR-H1, CDR-H2, and CDR-H3,having amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 4, 5, and 6, respectively. Incertain embodiments, the CDR-L comprises CDR-L1, CDR-L2, and CDR-L3comprising the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 1, 2, and 3,respectively.

In certain embodiments, FR-H1 has an amino acid sequence of any one ofSEQ ID NOS: 14-16, FR-H2 has an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:18 orSEQ ID NO:19, FR-H3 has an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 20 or SEQID NO:21, and FR-H4 has an amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOS:22-24. In some embodiments, the FR-H comprises: a FR-H1 having an aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 14, a FR-H2 having an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 18, a FR-H3 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 20,and a FR-H4 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 22 or 23. Inother embodiments, the FR-H comprise: a FR-H1 having an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 15, a FR-H2 having an amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 19, a FR-H3 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 21, and aFR-H4 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 24. In yet anotherembodiment, FR-H comprises: a FR-H1 having an amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 16, a FR-H2 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 19, aFR-H3 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 20, and a FR-H4 havingan amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 22 or 23.

In certain embodiments, the FR-L1 exhibits at least 90%, or at least 95%sequence identity or is identical to amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS:7; the FR-L2 exhibits at least 90%, or at least 95% sequence identity oris identical to amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO: 8; the FR-L3 exhibitsat least 90%, or at least 95% sequence identity or is identical to aminoacid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 9-11; and the FR-L4 exhibits at least 90%,or at least 95% sequence identity or is identical to amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 13. In other embodiments, the FR-L comprises: a FR-L1having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7, a FR-L2 having an aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 8, a FR-L3 having an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 9, and a FR-L4 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:13. In yet another embodiment, the FR-L comprises: a FR-L1 having anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7, a FR-L2 having an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 8, a FR-L3 having an amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 10, and a FR-L4 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13.In another embodiment, the FR-L comprises: a FR-L1 having an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 7, a FR-L2 having an amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 8, a FR-L3 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11, and aFR-L4 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13.

In certain embodiments, the AF2 of the bispecific antigen-binding unitcomprises light chain complementarity-determining regions (CDR-L) andheavy chain complementarity-determining regions (CDR-H), and wherein theantigen binding unit comprises CDR-H1, CDR-H2, and CDR-H3, having aminoacid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 742, 743, and 744, respectively. In someembodiments, the AF2 comprises a variable heavy (VH) amino acid sequencehaving at least 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%sequence identity or is identical to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO:766 or SEQ ID NO:769. In other embodiments, the AF2 comprises avariable light (VL) amino acid sequence having at least 90%, 91%, 92%,93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical toan amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOS: 765, 767, 768, 770, or771. In certain embodiments, the AF2 comprises an amino acid sequencehaving at least 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or isidentical to an amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOS:776-780.

In other embodiments, the CDR-L of AF2 comprises: a CDR-L1 having anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NOS: 735 or 736, a CDR-L2 having an aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NOS: 738 or 739, and a CDR-L3 having an aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO:740.

In other embodiments, the AF2 further comprises light chain frameworkregions (FR-L) and heavy chain framework regions (FR-H) wherein AF2comprises: a. a FR-L1 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:746; b.a FR-L2 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:747; c. a FR-L3having an amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOS:748-751; d. aFR-L4 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:754; e. a FR-H1 havingan amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:755 or SEQ ID NO:756; f. a FR-H2having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:759; g. a FR-H3 having anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:760; and h. a FR-H4 having an aminoacid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NO:764. In certain embodiments, theAF2 further comprises a light chain framework region (FR-L) and a heavychain framework region (FR-H), and wherein the antigen binding unitcomprises: a. a FR-L1 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 746;b. a FR-L2 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 747; c. a FR-L3having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 748; d. a FR-L4 having anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:754; e. a FR-H1 having an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 755; f. a FR-H2 having an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 759; g. a FR-H3 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:760; and h. a FR-H4 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 764. Inother embodiments, the AF2 further comprises a light chain frameworkregion (FR-L) and a heavy chain framework region (FR-H), and wherein theantigen binding unit comprises: a. a FR-L1 having an amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO:746; b. a FR-L2 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO:747; c. a FR-L3 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:749; d. aFR-L4 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:754; e. a FR-H1 havingan amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:756; f. a FR-H2 having an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:759; g. a FR-H3 having an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO:760; and h. a FR-H4 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO:764. In another embodiment, the AF2 further comprises a light chainframework region (FR-L) and a heavy chain framework region (FR-H), andwherein the antigen binding unit comprises: a. a FR-L1 having an aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO:746; b. a FR-L2 having an amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO:747; c. a FR-L3 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO:750; d. a FR-L4 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:754; e. aFR-H1 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:756; f. a FR-H2 havingan amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:759; g. a FR-H3 having an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:760; and h. a FR-H4 having an amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO:764. In certain embodiments, the AF2 further comprises alight chain framework region (FR-L) and a heavy chain framework region(FR-H), and wherein the antigen binding unit comprises: a. a FR-L1having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:746; b. a FR-L2 having anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:747; c. a FR-L3 having an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:751; d. a FR-L4 having an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO:754; e. a FR-H1 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO:756; f. a FR-H2 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:759; g. aFR-H3 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:760; and h. a FR-H4having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:764.

In some embodiments, the AF2 is fused to the AF1 by a flexible peptidelinker. In certain embodiments, the flexible linker comprises 2 or 3types of amino acids selected from the group consisting of glycine,serine, and proline.

In certain embodiments, the bispecific antigen binding unit furthercomprises a first release segment peptide (RS1) and a second releasesegment peptide (RS2), wherein each of the RS1 and RS2 is a substratefor cleavage by a mammalian protease. In one embodiment, he RS1 and RS2are identical. In another embodiment, the RS1 and RS2 are different. Insome embodiments, each of the RS1 and RS2 is a substrate for a proteaseselected from the group consisting of legumain, MMP-2, MMP-7, MMP-9,MMP-11, MMP-14, uPA, and matriptase. In other embodiments, each of theRS1 and RS2 comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 90%, 91%,92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or 100% sequence identity to asequence selected from any one of SEQ ID NOS:53-671. In anotherembodiment, each of the RS1 and RS2 comprises an amino acid sequenceselected from the sequences of RSR-2089, RSR-2295, RSR-2298, RSR-2488,RSR-2599, RSR-2485, RSR-2486, RSR-2728, RSN-2089, RSN-2295, RSN-2298,RSN-2488, RSN-2599, RSN-2485, RSN-2486, RSN-2728, RSC-2089, RSC-2295,RSC-2298, RSC-2488, RSC-2599, RSC-2485, RSC-2486, and RSC-2728, each ofwhich being set forth in Table 5.

In some embodiments, the bispecific antigen binding unit furthercomprises a first extended recombinant polypeptide (XTEN1) and a secondextended recombinant polypeptide, wherein each of the XTEN1 and XTEN2 ischaracterized in that it has a. at least about 36 amino acids; b. atleast 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% of theamino acid residues of the XTEN1 sequence are selected from glycine (G),alanine (A), serine (S), threonine (T), glutamate (E) and proline (P);and c. at least 4-6 different amino acids selected from G, A, S, T, Eand P. In one embodiment, the XTEN1 and XTEN2 are identical. In anotherembodiment, the XTEN1 and XTEN2 are different.

In certain embodiments, each of the XTEN1 and XTEN2 comprises an aminoacid sequence that comprises at least three of the amino acid sequencesof SEQ ID NOS: 672-675. In yet another embodiment, each of the XTEN1 andXTEN2 comprises an amino acid sequence having at least about 90%, 91%,92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or 100% sequence identity to asequence selected from any one of SEQ ID NOS: 676-734. In otherembodiments, each of the XTEN1 and XTEN2 comprises an amino acidsequence having at least about 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%,98%, 99%, or 100% sequence identity to a sequence selected from thesequences of AE144_1A, AE144_2A, AE1442B, AE144_3A, AE144_3B, AE144_4A,AE1444B, AE144_5A, AE144_6B, AE144_7A, AE284, AE288_1, AE288_2, AE288 3,AE292, AE293, AE300, AE576, AE584, AE864, AE864_2, AE865, AE866, AE867,and AE868, each of which being set forth in Table 7.

In some embodiments, the bispecific antigen binding unit has astructural arrangement from N-terminus to C-terminus as follows:XTEN1-RS1-AF1-AF2-RS2-XTEN2, XTEN1-RS1-AF2-AF1-RS2-XTEN2,XTEN2-RS2-AF2-AF1-RS1-XTEN1, XTEN2-RS2-AF1-AF2-RS1-XTEN1,XTEN2-RS2-diabody-RS1-XTEN1, or XTEN1-RS1-diabody-RS2-XTEN2, wherein thediabody comprises VL and VH of the AF1 and AF2.

In some embodiments, the AF1 specifically binds human or cynomolgusmonkey (cyno) EGFR. In other embodiments, the AF1 specifically bindshuman and cynomolgus monkey (cyno) EGFR. In certain embodiments, the AF2binds a CD3 complex subunit selected from any one of CD3 epsilon, CD3delta, CD3 gamma, CD3 zeta, CD3 alpha and CD3 beta epsilon. In anotherembodiment, the AF2 specifically binds human or cynomolgus monkey (cyno)CD3. In yet another embodiment, the AF2 specifically binds human andcynomolgus monkey (cyno) CD3.

In one embodiment, the AF1 specifically binds EGFR with a K_(d) betweenabout 0.1 nM and about 100 nM, as determined in an in vitroantigen-binding assay comprising EGFR or an epitope thereof.

In other embodiments, the AF1 specifically binds EGFR with adissociation constant (K_(d)) constant between about 0.1 nM and about100 nM, or between about 0.5 nM and about 50 nM, or between about 1.0 nMand about 20 nM, or between about 2.0 nM and about 10 nM, as determinedin an in vitro antigen-binding assay. In some embodiments, the AF2specifically binds human or cyno CD3 with a dissociation constant(K_(d)) constant between about 10 nM and about 400 nM, or between about50 nM and about 350 nM, or between about 100 nM and 300 nM, asdetermined in an in vitro antigen-binding assay. In certain embodiments,the AF2 specifically binds human or cyno CD3 with a dissociationconstant (K_(d)) weaker than about 3 nM, or about 10 nM, or about 50 nM,or about 100 nM, or about 150 nM, or about 200 nM, or about 250 nM, orabout 300 nM, or about 400 nM, as determined in an in vitroantigen-binding assay. In yet another embodiment, the AF2 specificallybinds human or cyno CD3 with at least 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold, 5-fold,6-fold, 7-fold, 8-fold, 9-fold, or at least 10-fold weaker bindingaffinity than an antibody-binding fragment consisting of an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 781, as determined by the respective dissociationconstants (K_(d)) in an in vitro antigen-binding assays. In someembodiments, the AF2 exhibits a binding affinity to CD3 that is at least2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold, 5-fold, 6-fold, 7-fold, 8-fold, 9-fold, 10-fold,20-fold, 50-fold, 100-fold, or at least 1000-fold at weaker relative tothat of the AF1, as determined by the respective dissociation constants(K_(d)) in an in vitro antigen-binding assay.

In another aspect, the present disclosure provides a pharmaceuticalcomposition comprising the polypeptide disclosed herein and one or morepharmaceutically suitable excipients. In some embodiment, thepharmaceutical composition is formulated for intradermal, subcutaneous,intravenous, intra-arterial, intraabdominal, intraperitoneal,intrathecal, or intramuscular administration. In another embodiment, thepharmaceutical composition is in a liquid form or a frozen form. Incertain embodiment, the pharmaceutical composition is in a prefilledsyringe for a single injection. In another embodiment, thepharmaceutical composition is formulated as a lyophilized powder to bereconstituted prior to administration.

In yet another aspect, the present disclosure provides a polypeptidedisclosed herein for use in the preparation of a medicament for treatinga disease in a subject in need thereof. In some embodiments, the diseaseis selected from the group of cancers consisting of anaplastic andmedullary thyroid cancers, appendiceal cancer, arrhenoblastoma, biliarytract carcinoma, bladder cancer, breast cancer, cancers of the bileduct, carcinoid tumor, cervical cancer, cholangiocarcinoma, coloncancer, colorectal cancer, craniopharyngioma, endometrial cancer,epithelial intraperitoneal malignancy with malignant ascites, esophagealcancer, Ewing sarcoma, fallopian tube cancer, follicular cancer, gallbladder cancer, gastric cancer, gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST),GE-junction cancer, genito-urinary tract cancer, glioma, glioblastoma,head and neck cancer, hepatoblastoma, hepatocarcinoma, HR+ and HER2+breast cancer, Hurthle cell cancer, Inflammatory breast cancer, Kaposisarcoma, kidney cancer, laryngeal cancer, liposarcoma, liver cancer,lung cancer, medulloblastoma, melanoma, Merkel cell carcinoma,neuroblastoma, neuroblastoma, neuroendocrine cancer, non-small cell lungcancer, osteosarcoma (bone cancer), ovarian cancer, ovarian cancer withmalignant ascites, pancreatic cancer, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor,papillary cancer, parathyroid cancer, peritoneal carcinomatosis,peritoneal mesothelioma, primitive neuroectodermal tumor, prostatecancer, retinoblastoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, salivary gland carcinoma,sarcoma, skin cancer, small cell lung cancer, small intestine cancer,stomach cancer, testicular cancer, thyroid cancer, triple negativebreast cancer, urothelial cancer, uterine cancer, uterine serouscarcinoma, vaginal cancer, vulvar cancer, and Wilms tumor.

In a related aspect, the present disclosure provides a method oftreating a disease in a subject, comprising administering to the subjectin need thereof one or more therapeutically effective doses of thepharmaceutical composition disclosed herein. In some embodiments, thesubject is selected from the group consisting of mouse, rat, monkey, andhuman.

In certain embodiments, the disease is selected from the group ofcancers consisting of anaplastic and medullary thyroid cancers,appendiceal cancer, arrhenoblastoma, biliary tract carcinoma, bladdercancer, breast cancer, cancers of the bile duct, carcinoid tumor,cervical cancer, cholangiocarcinoma, colon cancer, colorectal cancer,craniopharyngioma, endometrial cancer, epithelial intraperitonealmalignancy with malignant ascites, esophageal cancer, Ewing sarcoma,fallopian tube cancer, follicular cancer, gall bladder cancer, gastriccancer, gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), GE-junction cancer,genito-urinary tract cancer, glioma, glioblastoma, head and neck cancer,hepatoblastoma, hepatocarcinoma, HR+ and HER2+ breast cancer, Hurthlecell cancer, Inflammatory breast cancer, Kaposi sarcoma, kidney cancer,laryngeal cancer, liposarcoma, liver cancer, lung cancer,medulloblastoma, melanoma, Merkel cell carcinoma, neuroblastoma,neuroblastoma, neuroendocrine cancer, non-small cell lung cancer,osteosarcoma (bone cancer), ovarian cancer, ovarian cancer withmalignant ascites, pancreatic cancer, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor,papillary cancer, parathyroid cancer, peritoneal carcinomatosis,peritoneal mesothelioma, primitive neuroectodermal tumor, prostatecancer, retinoblastoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, salivary gland carcinoma,sarcoma, skin cancer, small cell lung cancer, small intestine cancer,stomach cancer, testicular cancer, thyroid cancer, triple negativebreast cancer, urothelial cancer, uterine cancer, uterine serouscarcinoma, vaginal cancer, vulvar cancer, and Wilms tumor. In otherembodiments, the pharmaceutical composition is administered to thesubject as one or more therapeutically effective doses administeredtwice weekly, once a week, every two weeks, every three weeks, everyfour weeks, or monthly. In certain embodiments, the pharmaceuticalcomposition is administered to the subject as one or moretherapeutically effective doses over a period of at least two weeks, orat least one month, or at least two months, or at least three months, orat least four months, or at least five months, or at least six months.In some embodiments, the dose is administered intradermally,subcutaneously, intravenously, intra-arterially, intra-abdominally,intraperitoneally, intrathecally, or intramuscularly.

In a certain aspect, the present disclosure provides an isolated nucleicacid, the nucleic acid comprising (a) a polynucleotide encoding apolypeptide disclosed herein; or (b) the complement of thepolynucleotide of (a).

In a related aspect, the present disclosure provides an expressionvector comprising the polynucleotide sequence disclosed herein and arecombinant regulatory sequence operably linked to the polynucleotidesequence.

In yet another aspect, the present disclosure provides an isolated hostcell, comprising the expression vector disclosed herein. In someembodiments, the host cell is a prokaryote. In certain embodiments, thehost cell is E. coli or a mammalian cell.

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

All publications, patents, and patent applications mentioned in thisspecification are herein incorporated by reference to the same extent asif each individual publication, patent, or patent application wasspecifically and individually indicated to be incorporated by reference.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Various features of this disclosure are set forth with particularity inthe appended claims. A better understanding of the features andadvantages of the present disclosure will be obtained by reference tothe following detailed description that sets forth illustrativeembodiments, in which the principles of the invention are utilized, andthe accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 depicts the individual components of a bispecific antigen bindingfragment composition. FIG. 1A depicts an antigen binding fragment havingaffinity to a target cell marker. FIG. 1B depicts an antigen bindingfragment having affinity to an effector cell. FIGS. 1C and 1D depictXTEN polypeptides of different length. FIG. 1E depicts a cleavablerelease segment.

FIG. 2 depicts 2 different forms of the polypeptide compositionsdescribed herein. FIG. 2A depicts, on the left side, an antigen bindingfragment to an effector cell fused with a release segment and an XTEN,while the arrow depicts the action of a protease to cleave the releasesegment leading to, on the right hand side, the release of the XTEN fromthe antigen binding fragment of the polypeptide, such that theantigen-binding fragment regains binding affinity potential (e.g., itsfull binding affinity potential) as it is no longer shielded by theXTEN. FIG. 2B depicts, on the left side, a bispecific composition havingan antigen binding fragment to an effector cell fused to an antigenbinding fragment having binding affinity to a target cell marker. Arelease segment and an XTEN are also fused to the antigen bindingfragment having affinity to the effector cell, while the arrow depictsthe action of a protease to cleave the release segment leading to, onthe right hand side, the release of the XTEN and the fused antigenbinding fragments from the polypeptide, which would then regain theirfull binding affinity potential as they are no longer shielded by theXTEN.

FIG. 3 depicts two different forms of a bispecific antigen bindingpolypeptide. On the left side, a bispecific composition having anantigen binding fragment to an effector cell is fused to an antigenbinding fragment having binding affinity to a target cell marker withthe release segment (with the scissors indicating susceptibility toprotease cleavage) and the XTEN is fused to the antigen binding fragmenthaving binding affinity to an effector cell, while on the right handside, a bispecific composition having an antigen binding fragment to aneffector cell is fused to an antigen binding fragment having bindingaffinity to a target cell marker, with the release segment and the XTENfused to the antigen binding fragment having binding affinity to thetarget cell marker.

FIG. 4 depicts three different forms of a bispecific antigen-bindingpolypeptide. FIG. 4A depicts a bispecific composition having an scFvantigen binding fragment to an effector cell fused to an scFv antigenbinding fragment having binding affinity to a target cell marker with arelease segment (with the scissors indicating susceptibility to proteasecleavage) and an XTEN fused to each antigen binding fragment. FIGS. 4Band 4C are variations of 4A in which the antigen binding fragments arein a diabody configuration, with the release segments (with the scissorsindicating susceptibility to protease cleavage) and XTENs fused to theantigen binding fragment to an effector cell or the target cell marker,respectively.

FIG. 5 shows schematic representations of a bispecific antigen bindingpolypeptide in proximity to tumor tissue (on the top) and normal tissue(on the bottom). The bispecific antigen binding polypeptide ispreferentially cleaved at the tumor tissue to release one or more XTENmoieties as compared to that in the normal tissue. The cleavedbispecific antigen binding polypeptide is capable of binding to a T celland a tumor cell expressing a tumor-specific marker.

FIG. 6 depicts the amino acid sequence of the control release segmentRSR-1517 (SEQ ID NO: 53), showing the sites of peptide cleavage for thelisted proteases.

LENGTHY TABLES The patent contains a lengthy table section. A copy ofthe table is available in electronic form from the USPTO web site (https://seqdata.uspto.gov/?pageRequest=docDetail&DocID=US20230312729A1). An electronic copy of the table will also be available from the USPTOupon request and payment of the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.19(b)(3).

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

While preferred embodiments of the present invention have been shown anddescribed herein, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art thatsuch embodiments are provided by way of example only. Numerousvariations, changes, and substitutions will now occur to those skilledin the art without departing from the invention. It should be understoodthat various alternatives to the embodiments of the invention describedherein may be employed in practicing the invention. It is intended thatthe following claims define the scope of the invention and that methodsand structures within the scope of these claims and their equivalents becovered thereby.

Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used hereinhave the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill inthe art to which this invention belongs. Although methods and materialssimilar or equivalent to those described herein can be used in thepractice or testing of the present invention, suitable methods andmaterials are described below. In case of conflict, the patentspecification, including definitions, will control. In addition, thematerials, methods, and examples are illustrative only and not intendedto be limiting. Numerous variations, changes, and substitutions will nowoccur to those skilled in the art without departing from the invention.

Definitions

In the context of the present application, the following terms have themeanings ascribed to them unless specified otherwise:

As used throughout the specification and claims, the terms “a,” “an,”and “the” are used in the sense that they mean “at least one,” “at leasta first,” “one or more,” or “a plurality” of the referenced componentsor steps, except in instances wherein an upper limit is thereafterspecifically stated. Therefore, a “release segment,” as used herein,means “at least a first release segment,” but includes a plurality ofrelease segments. The operable limits and parameters of combinations, aswith the amounts of any single agent, will be known to those of ordinaryskill in the art in light of the present disclosure.

The terms “polypeptide”, “peptide”, and “protein” are usedinterchangeably herein to refer to polymers of amino acids of anylength. The polymer may be linear or branched, it may comprise modifiedamino acids, and it may be interrupted by non-amino acids. The termsalso encompass an amino acid polymer that has been modified, forexample, by disulfide bond formation, glycosylation, lipidation,acetylation, phosphorylation, or any other manipulation, such asconjugation with a labeling component.

The term “monomeric” as applied to a polypeptide refers to the state ofthe polypeptide as being a single continuous amino acid sequencesubstantially unassociated with one or more additional polypeptides ofthe same or different sequence.

As used herein, the term “amino acid” refers to either natural and/orunnatural or synthetic amino acids, including but not limited to boththe D or L optical isomers, and amino acid analogs and peptidomimetics.Standard single or three letter codes may be used to designate aminoacids.

The term “natural L-amino acid” or “L-amino acid” means the L opticalisomer forms of glycine (G), proline (P), alanine (A), valine (V),leucine (L), isoleucine (I), methionine (M), cysteine (C), phenylalanine(F), tyrosine (Y), tryptophan (W), histidine (H), lysine (K), arginine(R), glutamine (Q), asparagine (N), glutamic acid (E), aspartic acid(D), serine (S), and threonine (T).

The term “antibody” is used herein in the broadest sense and encompassesvarious antibody structures, including but not limited to monoclonalantibodies, polyclonal antibodies, multispecific antibodies (e.g.,bispecific antibodies), nanobodies, VHH antibodies, and antibodyfragments so long as they exhibit the desired antigen-binding activityor immunological activity. The term “immunoglobulin” (Ig) is usedinterchangeably with antibody herein. The full-length antibodies may be,for example, monoclonal, recombinant, chimeric, deimmunized, humanizedand human antibodies. Antibodies represent a large family of moleculesthat include several types of molecules, such as IgD, IgG, IgA, IgM andIgE. The term “immunoglobulin molecule” includes, for example, hybridantibodies, or altered antibodies, and fragments thereof. It has beenshown that the antigen binding function of an antibody can be performedby fragments of a naturally-occurring or a monoclonal antibody.

A “humanized” antibody refers to a chimeric antibody comprising aminoacid residues from non-human complementarity-determining regions (CDRs)and amino acid residues from human framework regions (FRs). In certainembodiments, a humanized antibody will comprise substantially all of atleast one, and typically two, variable domains, in which all orsubstantially all of the CDRs correspond to those of a non-humanantibody (which may include amino acid substitutions), and all orsubstantially all of the FRs correspond to those of a human antibody(which may include amino acid substitutions).

The term “monoclonal antibody” as used herein refers to an antibodyobtained from a population of substantially homogeneous antibodies,i.e., the individual antibodies comprising the population are identicaland/or bind the same epitope, except for possible variant antibodies,e.g., containing naturally occurring mutations or arising duringproduction of a monoclonal antibody preparation, such variants generallybeing present in minor amounts. In contrast to polyclonal antibodypreparations, which typically include different antibodies directedagainst different determinants (epitopes), each monoclonal antibody of amonoclonal antibody preparation is directed against a single determinanton an antigen. Thus, the modifier “monoclonal” indicates the characterof the antibody as being obtained from a substantially homogeneouspopulation of antibodies, and is not to be construed as requiringproduction of the antibody by any particular method. For example, themonoclonal antibodies to be used in accordance with the presentinvention may be made by a variety of techniques, including but notlimited to the hybridoma method, recombinant DNA methods, phage-displaymethods, and methods utilizing transgenic animals containing all or partof the human immunoglobulin loci, such methods and other exemplarymethods for making monoclonal antibodies being known in the art ordescribed herein.

An “antigen-binding fragment” as used herein refers to an immunoglobulinmolecule and immunologically active portions of an immunoglobulinmolecule, i.e., a molecule that contains an antigen-binding site whichspecifically binds (“immunoreacts with”) an antigen. Examples includebut are not limited to Fv, Fab, Fab′, Fab′-SH, F(ab′)2, diabodies,linear antibodies (see U.S. Pat. No. 5,641,870), a single domainantibody, a single domain camelid antibody, single-chain fragmentvariable (scFv) antibody molecules, and multispecific antibodies formedfrom antibody fragments that retain the ability to specifically bind toantigen. Also encompassed within the term “antigen binding fragment” isany polypeptide chain-containing molecular structure that has a specificshape which fits to and recognizes and binds to an epitope, where one ormore non-covalent binding interactions stabilize the complex between themolecular structure and the epitope. An antigen binding fragment“specifically binds to” or is “immunoreactive with” an antigen if itbinds with greater affinity or avidity than it binds to other referenceantigens including polypeptides or other substances.

“scFv” or “single chain fragment variable” are used interchangeablyherein to refer to an antibody fragment format comprising variableregions of heavy (“VH”) and light (“VL”) chains or two copies of a VH orVL chain of an antibody, which are joined together by a short flexiblepeptide linker which enables the scFv to form the desired structure forantigen binding. The scFv is a fusion protein of the variable regions ofthe heavy (VH) and light chains (VL) of immunoglobulins, and can beeasily expressed in functional form in E. coli or other host cells.

“Diabodies” refers to small antibody fragments prepared by constructingscFv fragments with short linkers (about 5-10 residues) between the VHand VL domains such that inter-chain but not intra-chain pairing of theV domains is achieved, resulting in a bivalent fragment, i.e., fragmenthaving two antigen-binding sites. Bispecific diabodies are heterodimersof two “crossover” scFv fragments in which the VH and VL domains of thetwo antibodies are present on different polypeptide chains. Diabodiesare described more fully in, for example, US7635475.

The term “bispecific antigen-binding fragment” is to be understood as anantigen binding fragment that has binding specificities for at least twodifferent antigens.

The terms “antigen”, “target antigen” and “immunogen” are usedinterchangeably herein to refer to the structure or binding determinantthat an antibody, antibody fragment or an antibody fragment-basedmolecule binds to or has specificity against. The target antigen may bepolypeptide, carbohydrate, nucleic acid, lipid, hapten or othernaturally occurring or synthetic compound or portions thereof. Anantigen is also a ligand for those antibodies or antibody fragments thathave binding affinity for the antigen. Non-limiting exemplary antigensdescribed herein included CD3 and EGFR (and portions thereof) fromhuman, non-human primates, murine, and other homologues thereof.

The term “CD3 antigen binding fragment” refers to an antigen bindingfragment that is capable of binding cluster of differentiation 3 (CD3)or a member of the CD3 complex with sufficient affinity such that theantigen binding fragment is useful as a diagnostic and/or therapeuticagent in targeting CD3.

An “EGFR antigen binding fragment” refers to an antigen binding fragmentthat is capable of binding epidermal growth factor receptor. EGFR is amember of the ErbB family of receptors, a subfamily of four closelyrelated receptor tyrosine kinases: EGFR (ErbB-1), HER2/neu (ErbB-2), Her3 (ErbB-3) and Her 4 (ErbB-4).

A “target tissue” or “target cell” refers to a tissue or cell bearingthe EGFR antigen that is the cause of or is part of a disease conditionsuch as, but not limited to cancer or related conditions. Sources ofdiseased target tissue or cells include a body organ, a tumor, acancerous cell or population of cancerous cells or cells that form amatrix or are found in association with a population of cancerous cells,bone, skin, cells that produce cytokines or factors contributing to adisease condition.

The term “epitope” refers to the particular site on an antigen moleculeto which an antibody, antibody fragment, or binding domain binds. Anepitope is a ligand of an antibody or antibody fragment.

“Affinity” refers to the strength of the sum total of noncovalentinteractions between a single binding site of a molecule (e.g., anantibody) and its binding partner (e.g., an antigen). Unless indicatedotherwise, as used herein, “binding affinity” refers to intrinsicbinding affinity which reflects a 1: 1 interaction between members of abinding pair (e.g., antibody and antigen). The affinity of a molecule Xfor its partner Y can generally be represented by the dissociationconstant (K_(d)). As used herein “a greater binding affinity” means alower K_(d) value; e.g., 1 × 10⁻⁹ M is a greater binding affinity than 1× 10⁻⁸ M. An antibody which binds an antigen of interest, e.g., atumor-associated EGFR antigen, is one that binds the antigen withsufficient affinity such that the antibody is useful as a diagnosticand/or therapeutic agent in targeting a cell or tissue expressing theantigen, and does not significantly cross-react with other proteins.

“Dissociation constant”, or “K_(d)”, are used interchangeably and referto the affinity between a ligand “L” and a protein “P”; i.e. how tightlya ligand binds to a particular protein. It can be calculated using theformula K_(d) = [L][P]/[LP], where [P], [L] and [LP] represent molarconcentrations of the protein, ligand and complex, respectively.

The term “hypervariable region,” “HVR,” or “CDR”, when used herein,interchangeably refer to the regions of an antibody variable domainwhich are hypervariable in sequence and/or form structurally definedloops and/or are involved in antigen recognition. Generally, antibodiescomprise six hypervariable regions; three in the VH (H1, H2, H3), andthree in the VL (L1, L2, L3). A number of CDR delineations are in useand are encompassed herein; e.g., CDR-L1 refers to the firsthypervariable CDR region of the light chain, CDR-H2 refers to the secondhypervariable CDR region of the heavy chain, etc. The KabatComplementarity Determining Regions (CDRs) are based on sequencevariability and are the most commonly used (Kabat et al., Sequences ofProteins of Immunological Interest, 5th Ed. Public Health Service,National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. (1991)).

“Isoelectric point” or “pI” are used interchangeably herein to refer tothe pH at which a particular molecule carries no net electrical chargeor is electrically neutral in the statistical mean. The standardnomenclature to represent the isoelectric point is pH, such that theunits are pH units; e.g., an antigen binding fragment with a pI of 6.3would have a neutral charge in solution at pH 6.3. The isoelectric pointcan be determined mathematically, including a number of algorithms forestimating isoelectric points of peptides and proteins; e.g., theHenderson-Hasselbalch equation with different pK values. The isoelectricpoint can also be determined experimentally by in vitro assays such ascapillary electrophoresis focusing.

“Framework” or “FR” residues are those variable domain residues inantigen binding fragments other than the hypervariable region residuesas herein defined, and are generally located between or that flank CDR.A number of FR delineations are in use and are encompassed herein; e.g.,FR-L1 refers to the first FR region of the light chain, FR-H2 refers tothe second FR region of the heavy chain, etc.

The term “release segment” or “RS” refers to a cleavage sequence in thesubject compositions that can be recognized and cleaved by one or moreproteases, effecting release of the antigen binding fragments and XTENfrom the composition. As used herein, “mammalian protease” means aprotease that normally exists in the body fluids, cells, tissues, andmay be found in higher levels in certain target tissues or cells, e.g.,in diseased tissues (e.g., tumor) of a mammal. RS sequences can beengineered to be cleaved by various mammalian proteases or multiplemammalian proteases that are present in or proximal to target tissues ina subject or are introduced in an in vitro assay. Other equivalentproteases (endogenous or exogenous) that are capable of recognizing adefined cleavage site can be utilized. It is specifically contemplatedthat the RS sequence can be adjusted and tailored to the proteaseutilized and can incorporate linker amino acids to join to adjacentpolypeptides

The term “cleavage site” refers to that location between adjacent aminoacids in a peptide or polypeptide that can be broken or cleaved byenzymes such as proteases; the breaking of the peptide bonds between theadjacent amino acids.

The term “within”, when referring to a first polypeptide being linked toa second polypeptide, encompasses linking or fusion of an additionalcomponent that connects the N-terminus of the first or secondpolypeptide to the C-terminus of the second or first polypeptide,respectively, as well as insertion of the first polypeptide into thesequence of the second polypeptide. For example, when an RS component islinked “within” a chimeric polypeptide assembly, the RS may be linked tothe N-terminus, the C-terminus, or may be inserted between any two aminoacids of an XTEN polypeptide.

“Activity” as applied to form(s) of a composition provided herein,refers to an action or effect, including but not limited to antigenbinding, antagonist activity, agonist activity, a cellular orphysiologic response, cell lysis, cell death, or an effect generallyknown in the art for the effector component of the composition, whethermeasured by an in vitro, ex vivo or in vivo assay or a clinical effect.

“Effector cell”, as used herein, includes any eukaryotic cells capableof conferring an effect on a target cell. For example, an effector cellcan induce loss of membrane integrity, pyknosis, karyorrhexis,apoptosis, lysis, and/or death of a target cell. In another example, aneffector cell can induce division, growth, differentiation of a targetcell or otherwise altering signal transduction of a target cell.Non-limiting examples of effector cells include plasma cell, T cell, CD4cell, CD8 cell, B cell, cytokine induced killer cell (CIK cell), mastercell, dendritic cell, regulatory T cell (RegT cell), helper T cell,myeloid cell, macrophage, and NK cell.

An “effector cell antigen” refers to molecules expressed by an effectorcell, including without limitation cell surface molecules such asproteins, glycoproteins or lipoproteins. Exemplary effector cellantigens include proteins of the CD3 complex or the T cell receptor(TCR), CD4, CD8, CD25, CD38, CD69, CD45RO, CD57, CD95, CD107, and CD154,as well as effector molecules such as cytokines in association with,bound to, expressed within, or expressed and released by, an effectorcell. An effector cell antigen can serve as the binding counterpart of abinding domain of the subject chimeric polypeptide assembly.

As used herein, “CD3” or “cluster of differentiation 3” means the T cellsurface antigen CD3 complex, which includes in individual form orindependently combined form all known CD3 subunits, for example CD3epsilon, CD3 delta, CD3 gamma, CD3 zeta, CD3 alpha and CD3 beta. Theextracellular domains of CD3 epsilon, gamma and delta contain animmunoglobulin-like domain, so are therefore considered part of theimmunoglobulin superfamily. CD3 includes, for example, human CD3 epsilonprotein (NCBI RefSeq No. NP_000724), which is 207 amino acids in length,and human CD3 gamma protein (NCBI RefSeq No. NP_000064), which is 182amino acids in length.

As used herein, the term “ELISA” refers to an enzyme-linkedimmunosorbent assay as described herein or as otherwise known in theart.

A “host cell” includes an individual cell or cell culture which can beor has been a recipient for the subject vectors into which exogenousnucleic acid has been introduced, such as those described herein. Hostcells include progeny of a single host cell. The progeny may notnecessarily be completely identical (in morphology or in genomic oftotal DNA complement) to the original parent cell due to natural,accidental, or deliberate mutation. A host cell includes cellstransfected in vivo with a vector of this invention.

“Isolated,” when used to describe the various polypeptides disclosedherein, means a polypeptide that has been identified and separatedand/or recovered from a component of its natural environment or from amore complex mixture (such as during protein purification). Contaminantcomponents of its natural environment are materials that would typicallyinterfere with diagnostic or therapeutic uses for the polypeptide, andmay include enzymes, hormones, and other proteinaceous ornon-proteinaceous solutes. As is apparent to those of skill in the art,a non-naturally occurring polynucleotide, peptide, polypeptide, protein,antibody, or fragments thereof, does not require “isolation” todistinguish it from its naturally occurring counterpart. In addition, a“concentrated”, “separated” or “diluted” polynucleotide, peptide,polypeptide, protein, antibody, or fragments thereof, is distinguishablefrom its naturally occurring counterpart in that the concentration ornumber of molecules per volume is generally greater than that of itsnaturally occurring counterpart. In general, a polypeptide made byrecombinant means and expressed in a host cell is considered to be“isolated.”

An “isolated nucleic acid” is a nucleic acid molecule that is identifiedand separated from at least one contaminant nucleic acid molecule withwhich it is ordinarily associated in the natural source of thepolypeptide-encoding nucleic acid. For example, an isolatedpolypeptide-encoding nucleic acid molecule is other than in the form orsetting in which it is found in nature. Isolated polypeptide-encodingnucleic acid molecules therefore are distinguished from the specificpolypeptide-encoding nucleic acid molecule as it exists in naturalcells. However, an isolated polypeptide-encoding nucleic acid moleculeincludes polypeptide-encoding nucleic acid molecules contained in cellsthat ordinarily express the polypeptide where, for example, the nucleicacid molecule is in a chromosomal or extra-chromosomal locationdifferent from that of natural cells.

A “chimeric” protein or polypeptide contains at least one fusionpolypeptide comprising at least one region in a different position inthe sequence than that which occurs in nature. The regions may normallyexist in separate proteins and are brought together in the fusionpolypeptide; or they may normally exist in the same protein but areplaced in a new arrangement in the fusion polypeptide. A chimericprotein may be created, for example, by chemical synthesis, or bycreating and translating a polynucleotide in which the peptide regionsare encoded in the desired relationship.

“Fused,” and “fusion” are used interchangeably herein, and refers to thejoining together of two or more peptide or polypeptide sequences byrecombinant means. A “fusion protein” or “chimeric protein” comprises afirst amino acid sequence linked to a second amino acid sequence withwhich it is not naturally linked in nature.

“XTENylated” is used to denote a peptide or polypeptide that has beenmodified by the linking or fusion of one or more XTEN polypeptides(described, below) to the peptide or polypeptide, whether by recombinantor chemical cross-linking means.

“Operably linked” means that the DNA sequences being linked are inreading phase or in-frame. An “in-frame fusion” refers to the joining oftwo or more open reading frames (ORFs) to form a continuous longer ORF,in a manner that maintains the correct reading frame of the originalORFs. For example, a promoter or enhancer is operably linked to a codingsequence for a polypeptide if it affects the transcription of thepolypeptide sequence. Thus, the resulting recombinant fusion protein isa single protein containing two or more segments that correspond topolypeptides encoded by the original ORFs (which segments are notnormally so joined in nature).

In the context of polypeptides, a “linear sequence” or a “sequence” isan order of amino acids in a polypeptide in an amino to carboxylterminus (N- to C-terminus) direction in which residues that neighboreach other in the sequence are contiguous in the primary structure ofthe polypeptide. A “partial sequence” is a linear sequence of part of apolypeptide that is known to comprise additional residues in one or bothdirections.

“Heterologous” means derived from a genotypically distinct entity fromthe rest of the entity to which it is being compared. For example, aglycine-rich sequence removed from its native coding sequence andoperatively linked to a coding sequence other than the native sequenceis a heterologous glycine-rich sequence. The term “heterologous” asapplied to a polynucleotide, a polypeptide, means that thepolynucleotide or polypeptide is derived from a genotypically distinctentity from that of the rest of the entity to which it is beingcompared.

The terms “polynucleotides”, “nucleic acids”, “nucleotides,” and“oligonucleotides” are used interchangeably. They refer to nucleotidesof any length, encompassing a singular nucleic acid as well as pluralnucleic acids, either deoxyribonucleotides or ribonucleotides, oranalogs thereof. Polynucleotides may have any three-dimensionalstructure, and may perform any function, known or unknown. The followingare non-limiting examples of polynucleotides: coding or non-codingregions of a gene or gene fragment, loci (locus) defined from linkageanalysis, exons, introns, messenger RNA (mRNA), transfer RNA, ribosomalRNA, ribozymes, cDNA, recombinant polynucleotides, branchedpolynucleotides, plasmids, vectors, isolated DNA of any sequence,isolated RNA of any sequence, nucleic acid probes, and primers. Apolynucleotide may comprise modified nucleotides, such as methylatednucleotides and nucleotide analogs. If present, modifications to thenucleotide structure may be imparted before or after assembly of thepolymer. The sequence of nucleotides may be interrupted bynon-nucleotide components. A polynucleotide may be further modifiedafter polymerization, such as by conjugation with a labeling component.

The term “complement of a polynucleotide” denotes a polynucleotidemolecule having a complementary base sequence and reverse orientation ascompared to a reference sequence, such that it could hybridize with areference sequence with complete fidelity.

“Recombinant” as applied to a polynucleotide means that thepolynucleotide is the product of various combinations of recombinationsteps which may include cloning, restriction and/or ligation steps, andother procedures that result in expression of a recombinant protein in ahost cell.

The terms “gene” and “gene fragment” are used interchangeably herein.They refer to a polynucleotide containing at least one open readingframe that is capable of encoding a particular protein after beingtranscribed and translated. A gene or gene fragment may be genomic orcDNA, as long as the polynucleotide contains at least one open readingframe, which may cover the entire coding region or a segment thereof. A“fusion gene” is a gene composed of at least two heterologouspolynucleotides that are linked together.

As used herein, a “coding region” or “coding sequence” is a portion ofpolynucleotide which consists of codons translatable into amino acids.Although a “stop codon” (TAG, TGA, or TAA) is typically not translatedinto an amino acid, it may be considered to be part of a coding region,but any flanking sequences, for example promoters, ribosome bindingsites, transcriptional terminators, introns, and the like, are not partof a coding region. The boundaries of a coding region are typicallydetermined by a start codon at the 5′ terminus, encoding the aminoterminus of the resultant polypeptide, and a translation stop codon atthe 3′ terminus, encoding the carboxyl terminus of the resultingpolypeptide. Two or more coding regions of the present invention can bepresent in a single polynucleotide construct, e.g., on a single vector,or in separate polynucleotide constructs, e.g., on separate (different)vectors. It follows, then, that a single vector can contain just asingle coding region, or comprise two or more coding regions, e.g., asingle vector can separately encode a binding domain-A and a bindingdomain-B as described below. In addition, a vector, polynucleotide, ornucleic acid of the invention can encode heterologous coding regions,either fused or unfused to a nucleic acid encoding a binding domain ofthe invention. Heterologous coding regions include without limitationspecialized elements or motifs, such as a secretory signal peptide or aheterologous functional domain.

The term “downstream” refers to a nucleotide sequence that is located 3′to a reference nucleotide sequence. In certain embodiments, downstreamnucleotide sequences relate to sequences that follow the starting pointof transcription. For example, the translation initiation codon of agene is located downstream of the start site of transcription.

The term “upstream” refers to a nucleotide sequence that is located 5′to a reference nucleotide sequence. In certain embodiments, upstreamnucleotide sequences relate to sequences that are located on the 5′ sideof a coding region or starting point of transcription. For example, mostpromoters are located upstream of the start site of transcription.

“Homology” or “homologous” refers to sequence similarity orinterchangeability between two or more polynucleotide sequences orbetween two or more polypeptide sequences. When using a program such asBestFit to determine sequence identity, similarity or homology betweentwo different amino acid sequences, the default settings may be used, oran appropriate scoring matrix, such as blosum45 or blosum80, may beselected to optimize identity, similarity or homology scores.Preferably, polynucleotides that are homologous are those whichhybridize under stringent conditions as defined herein and have at least70%, preferably at least 80%, more preferably at least 90%, morepreferably 95%, more preferably 97%, more preferably 98%, and even morepreferably 99% sequence identity compared to those sequences.Polypeptides that are homologous preferably have sequence identitiesthat are at least 70%, preferably at least 80%, even more preferably atleast 90%, even more preferably at least 95-99% identical when optimallyaligned over sequences of comparable length.

“Ligation” as applied to polynucleic acids refers to the process offorming phosphodiester bonds between two nucleic acid fragments orgenes, linking them together. To ligate the DNA fragments or genestogether, the ends of the DNA must be compatible with each other. Insome cases, the ends will be directly compatible after endonucleasedigestion. However, it may be necessary to first convert the staggeredends commonly produced after endonuclease digestion to blunt ends tomake them compatible for ligation.

The terms “stringent conditions” or “stringent hybridization conditions”include reference to conditions under which a polynucleotide willhybridize to its target sequence, to a detectably greater degree thanother sequences (e.g., at least 2-fold over background). Generally,stringency of hybridization is expressed, in part, with reference to thetemperature and salt concentration under which the wash step is carriedout. Typically, stringent conditions will be those in which the saltconcentration is less than about 1.5 M Na ion, typically about 0.01 to1.0 M Na ion concentration (or other salts) at pH 7.0 to 8.3 and thetemperature is at least about 30° C. for short polynucleotides (e.g., 10to 50 nucleotides) and at least about 60° C. for long polynucleotides(e.g., greater than 50 nucleotides)-for example, “stringent conditions”can include hybridization in 50% formamide, 1 M NaCl, 1% SDS at 37° C.,and three washes for 15 min each in 0.1 xSSC/1% SDS at 60° C. to 65° C.Alternatively, temperatures of about 65° C., 60° C., 55° C., or 42° C.may be used. SSC concentration may be varied from about 0.1 to 2x SSC,with SDS being present at about 0.1%. Such wash temperatures aretypically selected to be about 5° C. to 20° C. lower than the thermalmelting point for the specific sequence at a defined ionic strength andpH. The Tm is the temperature (under defined ionic strength and pH) atwhich 50% of the target sequence hybridizes to a perfectly matchedprobe. An equation for calculating Tm and conditions for nucleic acidhybridization are well known and can be found in Sambrook, J. et al.,“Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual,” 3^(rd) edition, Cold SpringHarbor Laboratory Press, 2001. Typically, blocking reagents are used toblock non-specific hybridization. Such blocking reagents include, forinstance, sheared and denatured salmon sperm DNA at about 100-200 µg/ml.Organic solvent, such as formamide at a concentration of about 35-50%v/v, may also be used under particular circumstances, such as forRNA:DNA hybridizations. Useful variations on these wash conditions willbe readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art.

The terms “percent identity,” percentage of sequence identity,” and “%identity,” as applied to polynucleotide sequences, refer to thepercentage of residue matches between at least two polynucleotidesequences aligned using a standardized algorithm. Such an algorithm mayinsert, in a standardized and reproducible way, gaps in the sequencesbeing compared in order to optimize alignment between two sequences, andtherefore achieve a more meaningful comparison of the two sequences.Percent identity may be measured over the length of an entire definedpolynucleotide sequence, or may be measured over a shorter length, forexample, over the length of a fragment taken from a larger, definedpolynucleotide sequence, for instance, a fragment of at least 45, atleast 60, at least 90, at least 120, at least 150, at least 210 or atleast 450 contiguous residues. Such lengths are exemplary only, and itis understood that any fragment length supported by the sequences shownherein, in the tables, figures or Sequence Listing, may be used todescribe a length over which percentage identity may be measured. Thepercentage of sequence identity is calculated by comparing two optimallyaligned sequences over the window of comparison, determining the numberof matched positions (at which identical residues occur in bothpolypeptide sequences), dividing the number of matched positions by thetotal number of positions in the window of comparison (i.e., the windowsize), and multiplying the result by 100 to yield the percentage ofsequence identity. When sequences of different length are to becompared, the shortest sequence defines the length of the window ofcomparison. Conservative substitutions are not considered whencalculating sequence identity.

The terms “percent identity,” percentage of sequence identity,” and “%identity,” with respect to the polypeptide sequences identified herein,is defined as the percentage of amino acid residues in a query sequencethat are identical with the amino acid residues of a second, referencepolypeptide sequence of comparable length or a portion thereof, afteraligning the sequences and introducing gaps, if necessary, to achievethe maximum percent sequence identity, and not considering anyconservative substitutions as part of the sequence identity, therebyresulting in optimal alignment. Alignment for purposes of determiningpercent amino acid sequence identity can be achieved in various waysthat are within the skill in the art, for instance, using publiclyavailable computer software such as BLAST, BLAST-2, ALIGN or Megalign(DNASTAR) software. Those skilled in the art can determine appropriateparameters for measuring alignment, including any algorithms needed toachieve optimal alignment over the full length of the sequences beingcompared. Percent identity may be measured over the length of an entiredefined polypeptide sequence, or may be measured over a shorter length,for example, over the length of a fragment taken from a larger, definedpolypeptide sequence, for instance, a fragment of at least 10, at least15, at least 20, at least 30, at least 40, at least 50, at least 70 orat least 150 contiguous residues. Such lengths are exemplary only, andit is understood that any fragment length supported by the sequencesshown herein, in the tables, figures or Sequence Listing, may be used todescribe a length over which percentage identity may be measured.

“Repetitiveness” used in the context of polynucleotide sequences refersto the degree of internal homology in the sequence such as, for example,the frequency of identical nucleotide sequences of a given length.Repetitiveness can, for example, be measured by analyzing the frequencyof identical sequences.

The term “expression” as used herein refers to a process by which apolynucleotide produces a gene product, for example, an RNA or apolypeptide. It includes without limitation transcription of thepolynucleotide into messenger RNA (mRNA), transfer RNA (tRNA), smallhairpin RNA (shRNA), small interfering RNA (siRNA) or any other RNAproduct, and the translation of an mRNA into a polypeptide. Expressionproduces a “gene product.” As used herein, a gene product can be eithera nucleic acid, e.g., a messenger RNA produced by transcription of agene, or a polypeptide which is translated from a transcript. Geneproducts described herein further include nucleic acids with posttranscriptional modifications, e.g., polyadenylation or splicing, orpolypeptides with post translational modifications, e.g., methylation,glycosylation, the addition of lipids, association with other proteinsubunits, or proteolytic cleavage.

A “vector” or “expression vector” are used interchangeably and refers toa nucleic acid molecule, preferably self-replicating in an appropriatehost, which transfers an inserted nucleic acid molecule into and/orbetween host cells. The term includes vectors that function primarilyfor insertion of DNA or RNA into a cell, replication of vectors thatfunction primarily for the replication of DNA or RNA, and expressionvectors that function for transcription and/or translation of the DNA orRNA. Also included are vectors that provide more than one of the abovefunctions. An “expression vector” is a polynucleotide which, whenintroduced into an appropriate host cell, can be transcribed andtranslated into a polypeptide(s). An “expression system” usuallyconnotes a suitable host cell comprised of an expression vector that canfunction to yield a desired expression product.

“Serum degradation resistance,” as applied to a polypeptide, refers tothe ability of the polypeptides to withstand degradation in blood orcomponents thereof, which typically involves proteases in the serum orplasma. The serum degradation resistance can be measured by combiningthe protein with human (or mouse, rat, dog, monkey, as appropriate)serum or plasma, typically for a range of days (e.g. 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 4,8, 16 days), typically at about 37° C. The samples for these time pointscan be run on a Western blot assay and the protein is detected with anantibody. The antibody can be to a tag in the protein. If the proteinshows a single band on the western, where the protein’s size isidentical to that of the injected protein, then no degradation hasoccurred. In this exemplary method, the time point where 50% of theprotein is degraded, as judged by Western blots or equivalenttechniques, is the serum degradation half-life or “serum half-life” ofthe protein.

The terms “t_(½)”, “half-life”, “terminal half-life”, “eliminationhalf-life” and “circulating half-life” are used interchangeably hereinand, as used herein means the terminal half-life calculated as1n(2)/K_(e1). K_(e1) is the terminal elimination rate constantcalculated by linear regression of the terminal linear portion of thelog concentration vs. time curve. Half-life typically refers to the timerequired for half the quantity of an administered substance deposited ina living organism to be metabolized or eliminated by normal biologicalprocesses. When a clearance curve of a given polypeptide is constructedas a function of time, the curve is usually biphasic with a rapidα-phase and longer β-phase. The typical β-phase half-life of a humanantibody in humans is 21 days. Half-life can be measured using timedsamples from anybody fluid, but is most typically measured in plasmasamples.

The term “molecular weight” generally refers to the sum of atomicweights of the constituent atoms in a molecule. Molecular weight can bedetermined theoretically by summing the atomic masses of the constituentatoms in a molecule. When applied in the context of a polypeptide, themolecular weight is calculated by adding, based on amino acidcomposition, the molecular weight of each type of amino acid in thecomposition or by estimation from comparison to molecular weightstandards in an SDS electrophoresis gel. The calculated molecular weightof a molecule can differ from the “apparent molecular weight” of amolecule, which generally refers to the molecular weight of a moleculeas determined by one or more analytical techniques. “Apparent molecularweight factor” and “apparent molecular weight” are related terms andwhen used in the context of a polypeptide, the terms refer to a measureof the relative increase or decrease in apparent molecular weightexhibited by a particular amino acid or polypeptide sequence. Theapparent molecular weight can be determined, for example, using sizeexclusion chromatography (SEC) or similar methods by comparing toglobular protein standards, as measured in “apparent kD” units. Theapparent molecular weight factor is the ratio between the apparentmolecular weight and the “molecular weight”; the latter is calculated byadding, based on amino acid composition as described above, or byestimation from comparison to molecular weight standards in an SDSelectrophoresis gel. The determination of apparent molecular weight andapparent molecular weight factor is described in U.S. Pat. No.8,673,860.

A “defined medium” refers to a medium comprising nutritional andhormonal requirements necessary for the survival and/or growth of thecells in culture such that the components of the medium are known.Traditionally, the defined medium has been formulated by the addition ofnutritional and growth factors necessary for growth and/or survival.Typically, the defined medium provides at least one component from oneor more of the following categories: a) all essential amino acids, andusually the basic set of twenty amino acids plus cysteine; b) an energysource, usually in the form of a carbohydrate such as glucose; c)vitamins and/or other organic compounds required at low concentrations;d) free fatty acids; and e) trace elements, where trace elements aredefined as inorganic compounds or naturally occurring elements that aretypically required at very low concentrations, usually in the micromolarrange. The defined medium may also optionally be supplemented with oneor more components from any of the following categories: a) one or moremitogenic agents; b) salts and buffers as, for example, calcium,magnesium, and phosphate; c) nucleosides and bases such as, for example,adenosine and thymidine, hypoxanthine; and d) protein and tissuehydrolysates.

The term “agonist” is used in the broadest sense and includes anymolecule that mimics a biological activity of a native polypeptidedisclosed herein. Suitable agonist molecules specifically includeagonist antibodies or antibody fragments, fragments or amino acidsequence variants of native polypeptides, peptides, small organicmolecules, etc. Methods for identifying agonists of a native polypeptidemay comprise contacting a native polypeptide with a candidate agonistmolecule and measuring a detectable change in one or more biologicalactivities normally associated with the native polypeptide.

As used herein, “treatment” or “treating,” or “palliating,” or“ameliorating” are used interchangeably herein. These terms refer to anapproach for obtaining beneficial or desired results including but notlimited to a therapeutic benefit and/or a prophylactic benefit. Bytherapeutic benefit is meant eradication or amelioration of theunderlying disorder being treated. Also, a therapeutic benefit isachieved with the eradication or amelioration of one or more of thephysiological symptoms or improvement in one or more clinical parametersassociated with the underlying disorder such that an improvement isobserved in the subject, notwithstanding that the subject may still beafflicted with the underlying disorder. For prophylactic benefit, thecompositions may be administered to a subject at risk of developing aparticular disease, or to a subject reporting one or more of thephysiological symptoms of a disease, even though a diagnosis of thisdisease may not have been made.

A “therapeutic effect” or “therapeutic benefit,” as used herein, refersto a physiologic effect, including but not limited to the mitigation,amelioration, or prevention of disease or an improvement in one or moreclinical parameters associated with the underlying disorder in asubject, or to otherwise enhance physical or mental wellbeing of asubject, resulting from administration of a polypeptide of the inventionother than the ability to induce the production of an antibody againstan antigenic epitope possessed by the biologically active protein. Forprophylactic benefit, the compositions may be administered to a subjectat risk of developing a particular disease, a recurrence of a formerdisease, condition or symptom of the disease, or to a subject reportingone or more of the physiological symptoms of a disease, even though adiagnosis of this disease may not have been made.

The terms “therapeutically effective amount” and “therapeuticallyeffective dose”, as used herein, refer to an amount of a drug or abiologically active protein, either alone or as a part of a composition,that is capable of having any detectable, beneficial effect on anysymptom, aspect, measured parameter or characteristics of a diseasestate or condition when administered in one or repeated doses to asubject. Such effect need not be absolute to be beneficial.Determination of a therapeutically effective amount is well within thecapability of those skilled in the art, especially in light of thedetailed disclosure provided herein.

The term “therapeutically effective and non-toxic dose” as used hereinrefers to a tolerable dose of the compositions as defined herein that ishigh enough to cause depletion of tumor or cancer cells, tumorelimination, tumor shrinkage or stabilization of disease without oressentially without major toxic effects in the subject. Suchtherapeutically effective and non-toxic doses may be determined by doseescalation studies described in the art and should be below the doseinducing severe adverse side effects.

The term “therapeutic index”, as used herein, refers to the ratio of theblood concentration at which a drug becomes toxic and the concentrationat which the drug is effective. One exemplary ratio of therapeutic indexis LD₅₀:ED₅₀, wherein LD₅₀ is the dose resulting in 50% mortality in apopulations of subjects and ED₅₀ is the dose resulting in effectivenessin a population of subjects.

The term “dose regimen”, as used herein, refers to a schedule forconsecutively administered multiple doses (i.e., at least two or more)of a composition, wherein the doses are given in therapeuticallyeffective amounts to result in sustained beneficial effect on anysymptom, aspect, measured parameter, endpoint, or characteristic of adisease state or condition in a subject.

As used herein, “administering” is meant a method of giving a dosage ofa compound (e.g., an anti-CD3 antibody of the invention) or acomposition (e.g., a pharmaceutical composition including an anti-CD3antibody of the invention) to a subject.

A “subject” is a mammal. Mammals include, but are not limited to,domesticated animals (e.g., cows, sheep, cats, dogs, and horses),primates (e.g., humans and non-human primates such as monkeys), rabbits,and rodents (e.g., mice and rats). In certain embodiments, the subjector individual is a human.

The terms “cancer” and “cancerous” refer to or describe thephysiological condition in mammals that is typically characterized byunregulated cell growth/proliferation. Examples of cancer include, butare not limited to, carcinomas, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, non-Hodgkin’slymphoma, B cell lymphoma, T-cell lymphoma, follicular lymphoma, mantlecell lymphoma, blastoma, breast cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer,head and neck cancer, any form of skin cancer, melanoma, genito-urinarytract cancer, ovarian cancer, ovarian cancer with malignant ascites,peritoneal carcinomatosis, uterine serous carcinoma, endometrial cancer,cervical cancer, colorectal cancer, an epithelia intraperitonealmalignancy with malignant ascites, uterine cancer, mesothelioma in theperitoneum kidney cancers, lung cancer, small-cell lung cancer,non-small cell lung cancer, gastric cancer, esophageal cancer, stomachcancer, small intestine cancer, liver cancer, hepatocarcinoma,hepatoblastoma, liposarcoma, pancreatic cancer, gall bladder cancer,cancers of the bile duct, salivary gland carcinoma, thyroid cancer,epithelial cancer, adenocarcinoma, sarcomas of any origin, primaryhematologic malignancies including acute or chronic lymphocyticleukemias, acute or chronic myelogenous leukemias, myeloproliferativeneoplastic disorders, or myelodysplastic disorders, myasthenia gravis,Morbus Basedow, Hashimoto thyroiditis, or Goodpasture syndrome.

“Tumor,” as used herein, refers to all neoplastic cell growth andproliferation, whether malignant or benign, and all pre-cancerous andcancerous cells and tissues. The terms “cancer”, “cancerous”, “cellproliferative disorder”, “proliferative disorder,” and “tumor” are notmutually exclusive as used herein.

“Tumor-specific marker” as used herein, refers to an antigen that isfound on or in a cancer cell that may be, but is not necessarily, foundin higher numbers in or on the cancer cell relative to normal cells ortissues.

I). General Techniques

The practice of the present invention employs, unless otherwiseindicated, conventional techniques of immunology, biochemistry,chemistry, molecular biology, microbiology, cell biology, genomics andrecombinant DNA, which are within the skill of the art. See Sambrook, J.et al., “Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual,” 3^(rd) edition, ColdSpring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2001; “Current protocols in molecularbiology”, F. M. Ausubel, et al. eds., 1987; the series “Methods inEnzymology,” Academic Press, San Diego, CA.; “PCR 2: a practicalapproach”, M.J. MacPherson, B.D. Hames and G.R. Taylor eds., OxfordUniversity Press, 1995; “Antibodies, a laboratory manual” Harlow, E. andLane, D. eds., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1988; “Goodman & Gilman’sThe Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics,” 11^(th) Edition,McGraw-Hill, 2005; and Freshney, R.I., “Culture of Animal Cells: AManual of Basic Technique,” 4^(th) edition, John Wiley & Sons, Somerset,NJ, 2000, the contents of which are incorporated in their entiretyherein by reference.

Host cells can be cultured in a variety of media. Commercially availablemedia such as Ham’s F10 (Sigma), Minimal Essential Medium (MEM, Sigma),RPMI-1640 (Sigma), and Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium (DMEM, Sigma)are suitable for culturing eukaryotic cells. In addition, animal cellscan be grown in a defined medium that lacks serum but is supplementedwith hormones, growth factors or any other factors necessary for thesurvival and/or growth of a particular cell type. Whereas a definedmedium supporting cell survival maintains the viability, morphology,capacity to metabolize and potentially, capacity of the cell todifferentiate, a defined medium promoting cell growth provides allchemicals necessary for cell proliferation or multiplication. Thegeneral parameters governing mammalian cell survival and growth in vitroare well established in the art. Physicochemical parameters which may becontrolled in different cell culture systems are, e.g., pH, pO₂,temperature, and osmolarity. The nutritional requirements of cells areusually provided in standard media formulations developed to provide anoptimal environment. Nutrients can be divided into several categories:amino acids and their derivatives, carbohydrates, sugars, fatty acids,complex lipids, nucleic acid derivatives and vitamins. Apart fromnutrients for maintaining cell metabolism, most cells also require oneor more hormones from at least one of the following groups: steroids,prostaglandins, growth factors, pituitary hormones, and peptide hormonesto proliferate in serum-free media (Sato, G. H., et al. in “Growth ofCells in Hormonally Defined Media”, Cold Spring Harbor Press, N.Y.,1982). In addition to hormones, cells may require transport proteinssuch as transferrin (plasma iron transport protein), ceruloplasmin (acopper transport protein), and high-density lipoprotein (a lipidcarrier) for survival and growth in vitro. The set of optimal hormonesor transport proteins will vary for each cell type. Most of thesehormones or transport proteins have been added exogenously or, in a rarecase, a mutant cell line has been found which does not require aparticular factor. Those skilled in the art will know of other factorsrequired for maintaining a cell culture without undue experimentation.

Growth media for growth of prokaryotic host cells include nutrientbroths (liquid nutrient medium) or LB medium (Luria Bertani). Suitablemedia include defined and undefined media. In general, media contains acarbon source such as glucose needed for bacterial growth, water, andsalts. Media may also include a source of amino acids and nitrogen, forexample beef or yeast extract (in an undefined medium) or knownquantities of amino acids (in a defined medium). In some embodiments,the growth medium is LB broth, for example LB Miller broth or LB Lennoxbroth. LB broth comprises peptone (enzymatic digestion product ofcasein), yeast extract and sodium chloride. In some embodiments, aselective medium is used which comprises an antibiotic. In this medium,only the desired cells possessing resistance to the antibiotic willgrow.

II). EGFR Antigen Binding Compositions

In a first aspect, the disclosure provides polypeptides comprising afirst antigen binding fragment (AF1) that binds to epidermal growthfactor (EGFR) or an epitope thereof. The antigen binding fragments thatbind EGFR antigens have particular utility for pairing with a secondantigen binding fragment (AF2) with binding affinity to CD3 antigen (orother antigen) of an effector cell in compositions designed in specificformats in order to effect cell killing of diseased cells or tissuesbearing EGFR antigens. Binding specificity can be determined bycomplementarity determining regions, or CDRs, such as light chain CDRsor heavy chain CDRs. In many cases, binding specificity is determined bylight chain CDRs and heavy chain CDRs. A given combination of heavychain CDRs and light chain CDRs provides a given binding pocket thatconfers greater affinity and/or specificity towards EGFR as compared toother reference antigens.

The origin of the antigen binding fragments contemplated by thedisclosure can be derived from a naturally occurring antibody orfragment thereof, a non-naturally occurring antibody or fragmentthereof, a humanized antibody or fragment thereof, a synthetic antibodyor fragment thereof, a hybrid antibody or fragment thereof, or anengineered antibody or fragment thereof. Methods for generating anantibody for a given target marker are well known in the art. Forexample, the monoclonal antibodies may be made using the hybridomamethod described by Kohler et al., Nature, 256:495 (1975), or may bemade by recombinant DNA methods (U.S. Pat. No. 4,816,567). The structureof antibodies and fragments thereof, variable regions of heavy and lightchains of an antibody (VH and VL), single chain variable regions (scFv),complementarity determining regions (CDR), and domain antibodies (dAbs)are well understood. Methods for generating a polypeptide having adesired EGFR antigen binding fragment are known in the art.

Various EGFR binding antigen binding fragments of the disclosure havebeen specifically modified to enhance their stability in the polypeptideembodiments described herein relative to EGFR antibodies and antigenbinding fragments known in the art. Protein aggregation of monoclonalantibodies continues to be a significant problem in their developabilityand remains a major area of focus in antibody production. Antibodyaggregation can be triggered by partial unfolding of its domains,leading to monomer-monomer association followed by nucleation andaggregate growth. Although the aggregation propensities of antibodiesand antibody-based proteins can be affected by the external experimentalconditions, they are strongly dependent on the intrinsic antibodyproperties as determined by their sequences and structures. Although itis well known that proteins are only marginally stable in their foldedstates, it is often less well appreciated that most proteins areinherently aggregation-prone in their unfolded or partially unfoldedstates, and the resulting aggregates can be extremely stable andlong-lived. Reduction in aggregation propensity has also been shown tobe accompanied by an increase in expression titer, showing that reducingprotein aggregation is beneficial throughout the development process andcan lead to a more efficient path to clinical studies. For therapeuticproteins, aggregates are a significant risk factor for deleteriousimmune responses in patients, and can form via a variety of mechanisms.Controlling aggregation can improve protein stability,manufacturability, attrition rates, safety, formulation, titers,immunogenicity, and solubility. The intrinsic properties of proteinssuch as size, hydrophobicity, electrostatics and charge distributionplay important roles in protein solubility. Low solubility oftherapeutic proteins due to surface hydrophobicity has been shown torender formulation development more difficult and may lead to poorbio-distribution, undesirable pharmacokinetics behavior andimmunogenicity in vivo. Decreasing the overall surface hydrophobicity ofcandidate monoclonal antibodies can also provide benefits and costsavings relating to purification and dosing regimens. Individual aminoacids can be identified by structural analysis as being contributory toaggregation potential in an antibody, and can be located in CDR as wellas framework regions. In particular, residues can be predicted to be athigh risk of causing hydrophobicity issues in a given antibody. In oneembodiment, the present disclosure provides an antigen binding fragmenthaving the capability to specifically bind EGFR in which the antigenbinding fragment has at least one amino acid substitution of ahydrophobic amino acid in a framework region relative to the parentalantibody or antibody fragment wherein the hydrophobic amino acid isselected from isoleucine, leucine or methionine. In another embodiment,the EGFR antigen binding fragment has at least two amino acidsubstitutions of hydrophobic amino acids in one or more frameworkregions wherein the hydrophobic amino acids are selected fromisoleucine, leucine or methionine.

In the context of the subject antigen binding fragments, the isoelectricpoint (pI) is the pH at which the antibody fragment has no netelectrical charge. If the pH is below the pI of an antibody fragment,then it will have a net positive charge. A greater positive charge tendsto correlate with increased blood clearance and tissue retention, with agenerally shorter half-life. If the pH is greater than the pI of anantibody fragment it will have a negative charge. A negative chargegenerally results in decreased tissue uptake and a longer half-life. Itis possible to manipulate this charge through mutations to the frameworkresidues. These considerations informed the design of various sequencesof the antigen binding fragments of the embodiments described hereinwherein individual amino acid substitutions were made relative to theparental antibody utilized as the starting point. The isoelectric pointof a polypeptide can be determined mathematically or experimentally inan in vitro assay. The isoelectric point (pI) is the pH at which aprotein has a net charge of zero and can be calculated using the chargesfor the specific amino acids in the protein sequence. Estimated valuesfor the charges are called acid dissociation constants or pKa values andare used to calculate the pI. The pI can be determined in vitro bymethods such as capillary isoelectric focusing (see Datta-Mannan, A., etal. The interplay of non-specific binding, target-mediated clearance andFcRn interactions on the pharmacokinetics of humanized antibodies. mAbs7:1084 (2015); Li, B., et al. Framework selection can influencepharmacokinetics of a humanized therapeutic antibody through differencesin molecule charge. mAbs 6, 1255-1264 (2014)) or other methods known inthe art.

In some aspects of any of the embodiments disclosed herein, a subjectpolypeptide comprising an AF1 comprises light chaincomplementarity-determining regions (CDR-L) and heavy chaincomplementarity-determining regions (CDR-H) listed in Table 1 whereinthe AF1 binds EGFR or an epitope thereof. Additionally or alternatively,a subject AFlof the disclosure can comprise a CDR-L or a CDR-H with atleast 60% identity to any of the CDR-L or CDR-H listed in Table 1. Insome aspects, a subject AFlof the disclosure can comprise CDR-L or CDR-Hcan exhibit at least 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 99%, or greatersequence identity to any of the SEQ ID NOs listed in Table 1.Additionally, the subject AF1 of the embodiments can further compriselight chain framework regions (FR-L) and heavy chain framework regions(FR-H) listed in Table 2. In some aspects, a subject AFlof thedisclosure can comprise FR-L or FR-H that exhibit at least 65%, 70%,75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 99%, or greater sequence identity to any of theSEQ ID NOs listed in Table 2. In one embodiment, the AF1 of any of thesubject composition embodiments described herein is a chimeric or ahumanized antigen binding fragment. In another embodiment, the AF1 ofany of the subject composition embodiments described herein is selectedfrom the group consisting of Fv, Fab, Fab′, Fab′-SH, linear antibody,and single-chain variable fragment (scFv). The AF1 having CDR-H andCDR-L can be configured in a (CDR-H)-(CDR-L) or a (CDR-H)-(CDR-L)orientation, N-terminus to C-terminus.

In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides polypeptidescomprising an AF1 wherein the AF1 comprises CDR-L and CDR-H, and heavychain framework regions (FR-H), and wherein the AF1, (a) specificallybinds to EGFR; (b) comprises FR-H1, FR-H2, FR-H3, and FR-H4, whereinFR-H1 has an amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOS: 14-16, FR-H2has an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:18 or SEQ ID NO:19, FR-H3 has anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 20 or SEQ ID NO:21, and FR-H4 has anamino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOS: 22-24. In anotherembodiment, a polypeptide of a subject composition embodiment describedherein comprises an AF1, wherein the AF1 comprises a CDR-H3 wherein theCDR-H3 has an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6. In anotherembodiment, the AF1 comprises CDR-H1, CDR-H2, and CDR-H3, having aminoacid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 4, 5, and 6, respectively.

In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides polypeptidescomprising an AF1, wherein the AF1 has a higher isoelectric point (pI)relative to that of an antigen binding fragment consisting of a sequenceshown in SEQ ID NO:52, as evidenced by an in vitro assay. In oneembodiment, the AF1 is incorporated into the polypeptide to form ananti-EGFR bispecific antibody wherein the polypeptide exhibits a higherpI relative to a control bispecific antibody, wherein said polypeptidecomprises said AF1 and a reference antigen binding fragment that bindsto a cluster of differentiation 3 T cell receptor (CD3), and whereinsaid control bispecific antigen binding fragment is identical to thepolypeptide except that the AF1 is replaced with SEQ ID NO:52 . In theforegoing embodiment, the AF1 exhibits a pI that is at least 0.1, 0.2,0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 or 1.5 pHunits higher than the pI of the antigen binding fragment consisting of asequence shown in SEQ ID NO:52. In the foregoing embodiments, the invitro assay for determining the pI can be capillary isoelectrophoresisfocusing or other assays known in the art.

In another embodiment, a polypeptide of any of the subject compositionembodiments described herein comprises an AF1, wherein the AF1 comprisesCDR-L, CDR-H, light chain framework regions (FR-L) and heavy chainframework regions (FR-H) and wherein the AF1 (a) is configured tospecifically bind to EGFR; (b) comprises CDR-H1, CDR-H2, and CDR-H3,having amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 4, 5, and 6, respectively;(c) comprises FR-H1, FR-H2, FR-H3, and FR-H4, each exhibiting at least86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%sequence identity or is identical to an amino acid of SEQ ID NOS: 14-16,SEQ ID NOS: 18 and 19, SEQ ID NOS: 20 and 21, and SEQ ID NOS: 22-24,respectively, and further comprises FR-L wherein the FR-L comprise: (a)a FR-L1 exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%,95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical to the aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7, (b) a FR-L2 exhibiting at least 86%, 87%,88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequenceidentity or is identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 8, (c)a FR-L3 exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%,95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical to the aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, and (d) a FR-L4 exhibiting at least 86%,87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequenceidentity or is identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13.

In another embodiment, a polypeptide of any of the subject compositionembodiments described herein comprises an AF1, wherein the AF1 comprisesCDR-L, CDR-H, light chain framework regions (FR-L) and heavy chainframework regions (FR-H) and wherein the AF1: (a) is configured tospecifically bind to EGFR; (b) comprises CDR-H1, CDR-H2, and CDR-H3,having amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 4, 5, and 6, respectively;(c) comprises FR-H1, FR-H2, FR-H3, and FR-H4, each exhibiting at least86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%sequence identity or is identical to an amino acid of SEQ ID NOS:14-16,SEQ ID NOS: 18 and 19, SEQ ID NOS: 18 and 19, SEQ ID NOS: 20 and 21, andSEQ ID NOS: 22-24, respectively; and (d) further comprises FR-L whereinthe FR-L comprise (i) a FR-L1 exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%,90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or isidentical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7, (ii) a FR-L2exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%,96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical to the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 8, (iii) a FR-L3 exhibiting at least 86%, 87%,88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequenceidentity or is identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 10,and (iv) a FR-L4 exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%,93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical tothe amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13.

In another embodiment, a polypeptide of any of the subject compositionembodiments described herein comprises an AF1, wherein the AF1 comprisesCDR-L, CDR-H, light chain framework regions (FR-L) and heavy chainframework regions (FR-H) and wherein the AF1: (a) is configured tospecifically bind to EGFR; (b) comprises CDR-H1, CDR-H2, and CDR-H3,having amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 4, 5, and 6, respectively;(c) comprises FR-H1, FR-H2, FR-H3, and FR-H4, each exhibiting at least86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%sequence identity or is identical to an amino acid of SEQ ID NOS: 14-16,SEQ ID NOS: 18 and 19, SEQ ID NOS: 20 and 21, and SEQ ID NOS: 22-24,respectively; and (d) further comprises FR-L wherein the FR-L comprise:(i) a FR-L1 exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%,94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical to theamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7, (ii) a FR-L2 exhibiting at least86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%sequence identity or is identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 8, (iii) a FR-L3 exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%,92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identicalto the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11, and (iv) a FR-L4 exhibitingat least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%,98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical to the amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 13.

In another embodiment, a polypeptide of any of the subject compositionembodiments described herein comprises an AF1, wherein the AF1 comprisesCDR-L, CDR-H, light chain framework regions (FR-L) and heavy chainframework regions (FR-H) and wherein the AF1: (a) is configured tospecifically bind to EGFR; (b) comprises CDR-H1, CDR-H2, and CDR-H3,having amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 4, 5, and 6, respectively;(c) comprises FR-L1, FR-L2, FR-L3, and FR-L4, each exhibiting at least86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%sequence identity or is identical to an amino acid of SEQ ID NO:7, SEQID NO:8, SEQ ID NOS:9-11, SEQ ID NO: 13; and (d) comprises FR-H1, FR-H2,FR-H3, and FR-H4, wherein the FR-H1 exhibits at least 86%, 87%, 88%,89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identityor is identical to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 14, wherein theFR-H2 exhibits exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%,93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical tothe amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 18, wherein the FR-H3 exhibits atleast 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%,99% sequence identity or is identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQID NO:20, and wherein the FR-H4 exhibits at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%,90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or isidentical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 22 or 23.

In another embodiment, a polypeptide of any of the subject compositionembodiments described herein comprises an AF1, wherein the AF1 comprisesCDR-L, CDR-H, light chain framework regions (FR-L) and heavy chainframework regions (FR-H) and wherein the AF1 (a) is configured tospecifically bind to EGFR; (b) comprises CDR-H1, CDR-H2, and CDR-H3,having amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 4, 5, and 6, respectively;(c) comprises FR-L1, FR-L2, FR-L3, and FR-L4, each exhibiting at least86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%sequence identity or is identical to an amino acid of SEQ ID NO:7, SEQID NO:8, SEQ ID NOS: 9-11, and SEQ ID NO: 13, respectively; and (d)comprises FR-H1, FR-H2, FR-H3, and FR-H4, wherein the FR-H1 exhibits atleast 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%,99% sequence identity or is identical to a FR-H1 having an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 15, wherein the FR-H2 exhibits at least 86%, 87%,88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequenceidentity or is identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 19,wherein the FR-H3 exhibits at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%,93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical tothe amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 21, and wherein the FR-H4 exhibitsat least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%,98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical to the amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 24.

In yet another embodiment, a polypeptide of any of the subjectcomposition embodiments described herein comprises an AF1, wherein theAF1 comprises CDR-L, CDR-H, light chain framework regions (FR-L) andheavy chain framework regions (FR-H) and wherein the AF1 (a) isconfigured to specifically bind to EGFR; (b) comprises CDR-H1, CDR-H2,and CDR-H3, having amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 4, 5, and 6,respectively; (c) comprises FR-L1, FR-L2, FR-L3, and FR-L4, eachexhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%,96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical to an amino acid ofSEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NOS: 9-11, and SEQ ID NO: 13; and (d)comprises FR-H1, FR-H2, FR-H3, and FR-H4, wherein the FR-H1 exhibits atleast 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%,99% sequence identity or is identical to a FR-H1 having an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 16, wherein the FR-H2 exhibits at least 86%, 87%,88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequenceidentity or is identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 19,wherein the FR-H1 exhibits FR-H3 at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%,92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identicalto the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 20, and wherein the FR-H4exhibits at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%,97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical to the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 22 or 23.

In another embodiment, a polypeptide of any of the subject compositionembodiments described herein comprises an AF1, wherein the AF1 isconfigured to specifically bind to EGFR and the AF1 comprises a variableheavy (VH) amino acid sequence having at least 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%,95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical to an aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 28-32.

In another embodiment, a polypeptide of any of the subject compositionembodiments described herein comprises an AF1, wherein the AF1 isconfigured to specifically bind to EGFR wherein the AF1 comprises avariable light (VL) amino acid sequence having at least 90%, 91%, 92%,93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical toan amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NOS: 25-27.

In another embodiment, a polypeptides of any of the subject compositionembodiments described herein comprises an AF1, wherein the AF1 comprisesa variable heavy (VH) amino acid sequence having at least 90%, 91%, 92%,93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical toan amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 28-32 and comprises a variablelight (VL) amino acid sequence having at least 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%,95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical to an aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NOS: 25-27. The AF1 can be configured in a VL-VHor VH-VL orientation, and are fused by a linker peptide.

In yet another embodiment, a polypeptide of any of the subjectcomposition embodiments described herein comprises an AF1, wherein theAF1 comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%,99% sequence identity or is identical to an amino acid sequence of anyone of SEQ ID NOS: 37-51.

It will be understood that use of the term antigen binding fragments forthe composition embodiments disclosed herein is not limiting and isintended to include portions or fragments of antibodies that retain theability to bind the antigens that are the ligands of the correspondingintact antibody. In such embodiments, the antigen binding fragment canbe, but is not limited to, CDRs and intervening framework regions,variable or hypervariable regions of light and/or heavy chains of anantibody (VL, VH), variable fragments (Fv), Fab′ fragments, F(ab′)2fragments, Fab fragments, single chain antibodies (scAb), VHH camelidantibodies, single chain variable fragment (scFv), linear antibodies, asingle domain antibody, complementarity determining regions (CDR),domain antibodies (dAbs), single domain heavy chain immunoglobulins ofthe BHH or BNAR type, single domain light chain immunoglobulins, orother polypeptides known in the art containing a fragment of an antibodycapable of binding an antigen. The VL and VH of two antigen bindingfragments can also be configured in a single chain diabodyconfiguration; i.e., the VL and VH of the AF1 and AF2 configured withlinkers of an appropriate length to permit arrangement as a diabody.

In certain embodiments, the VL and VH of the antigen binding fragmentsare fused by relatively long linkers, consisting of 25, 26, 27, 28, 29,30, 31, 32, 33, 34, or 35 hydrophilic amino acids that, when joinedtogether, have a flexible characteristic. In one embodiment, the VL andVH of any of the scFv embodiments described herein are linked byrelatively long linkers of hydrophilic amino acids selected from thesequences

GSGEGSEGEGGGEGSEGEGSGEGGEGEGSG (SEQ ID NO: 790),

TGSGEGSEGEGGGEGSEGEGSGEGGEGEGSGT (SEQ ID NO: 791),

GATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEG (SEQ ID NO: 792), o r

GSAAPTAGTTPSASPAPPTGGSSAAGSPST (SEQ ID NO: 793).

In yet another embodiment, AF1 of any of the subject compositionembodiments described herein specifically binds human or cynomolgusmonkey (cyno) EGFR. In another embodiment, AF1 of any of the subjectcomposition embodiments described herein specifically binds human andcynomolgus monkey (cyno) EGFR.

In another aspect, the disclosure provides AF1 with specific bindingaffinity to EGFR for incorporation into the subject compositions inwhich one or more individual amino acids of the framework regions weremodified to increase the pI of the AF1 relative to the parental antigenbinding fragment in order to enhance the stability of the bispecificpolypeptide into which it is incorporated. In one embodiment, thepolypeptides of any of the subject composition embodiments describedherein comprise an AF1, wherein the AF1 exhibits a pI of about 5.4, orabout 5.5, or about 5.6, or about 5.6, or about 5.7, or about 5.8, orabout 5.9, or about 6.0, or about 6.1, or about 6.2, or about 6.3, orabout 6.4 or about 6.5, or about 6.6, as evidenced by in an in vitroassay. In another embodiment, the polypeptides of any of the subjectcomposition embodiments described herein comprise an AF1, wherein theAF1 exhibits a pI of between 5.4 and 6.6, inclusive, as evidenced by inan in vitro assay. In another embodiment, the polypeptides of any of thesubject composition embodiments described herein comprise an AF1,wherein the AF1 exhibits a pI of between about 5.4 and 6.6, or about 5.6and about 6.4, or about 5.8 and about 6.2, or about 6.0 and about 6.2,or about 6.1 and about 6.3, or about 6.2 and about 6.4, or about 6.3 andabout 6.5, or about 6.4 and about 6.6, as determined computationally orevidenced by an in vitro assay.

In another aspect, the disclosure provides AF1 with specific bindingaffinity to EGFR for incorporation into the subject compositions inwhich the binding affinity to the EGFR antigen is within a set range. Inone embodiment, the polypeptides of any of the subject compositionembodiments described herein comprise an AF1, wherein the AF1specifically binds EGFR with a K_(d) between about 0.1 nM and about 100nM, as determined in an in vitro antigen-binding assay comprising theEGFR antigen. In another embodiment, the AF1 specifically binds EGFRwith a binding affinity (as determined by the K_(d) in an in vitrobinding assay) of less than about 0.1 nM, or less than about 0.5 nM, orless than about 1.0 nM, or less than about 10 nM, or less than about 50nM, or less than about 100 nM. In another embodiment, the polypeptidesof any of the subject composition embodiments described herein comprisean AF1 and an AF2, wherein the binding affinity of the AF1 to EGFR is atleast 10-fold greater, or at least 100-fold greater, or at least1000-fold greater than the binding affinity of the AF2 to CD3, asmeasured in an in vitro antigen-binding assay. It will be understoodthat a binding affinity with a lower K_(d) value; e.g., 1 nM, is agreater binding affinity than 10 nM. The binding affinity of the subjectcompositions for the target ligands can be assayed using binding orcompetitive binding assays, such as Biacore assays with chip-boundreceptors or binding proteins or ELISA assays, as described in U.S. Pat.5,534,617, assays described in the Examples herein, radio-receptorassays, or other assays known in the art. The binding affinity constantcan then be determined using standard methods, such as Scatchardanalysis, as described by van Zoelen, et al., Trends Pharmacol Sciences(1998) 19)12):487, or other methods known in the art.

In another aspect, the disclosure provides AF1 with specific bindingaffinity to EGFR for incorporation into the subject compositions inwhich one or more individual amino acids of the framework regions weremodified to decrease the hydrophobicity of the antigen-binding frameworkrelative to the parental antigen binding fragment in order to enhancethe stability of the bispecific polypeptide into which it isincorporated. In one embodiment, the polypeptides of any of the subjectcomposition embodiments described herein comprise an AF1 wherein the AF1specifically binds EGFR and wherein the AF1 has at least one amino acidsubstitution of a hydrophobic amino acid in a framework region, relativeto the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:52, wherein the hydrophobicamino acid is selected from isoleucine, leucine or methionine and thesubstituted amino acid is selected from arginine, threonine, orglutamine. In another embodiment, the AF1 has at least two amino acidsubstitutions of hydrophobic amino acids in one or more frameworkregions, relative to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:52, whereinthe hydrophobic amino acids are selected from isoleucine, leucine ormethionine and the substituted amino acids are selected from arginine,threonine, or glutamine.

TABLE 1 EGFR CDR SEQUENCES Construct CDR REGION Amino Acid Sequence SEQID NO: EGFR.2, EGFR.13, EGFR.14, EGFR.15, EGFR.16, EGFR.17, EGFR.18,EGFR.19, EGFR.20, EGFR.21, EGFR.22, EGFR.23, EGFR.24, EGFR.25, EGFR.26,EGFR.27 CDR-L1 QASQDISNYLN 1 EGFR.2, EGFR.13, EGFR. 14, EGFR.15,EGFR.16, EGFR.17, EGFR.18, EGFR.19, EGFR.20, EGFR.21, EGFR.22, EGFR.23,EGFR.24, EGFR.25, EGFR.26, EGFR.27 CDR-L2 DASNLET 2 EGFR.2, EGFR.13,EGFR. 14, EGFR.15, EGFR.16, EGFR.17, EGFR.18, EGFR.19, EGFR.20, EGFR.21,EGFR.22, EGFR.23, EGFR.24, EGFR.25, EGFR.26, EGFR.27 CDR-L3 QHFDHLPLA 3EGFR.2, EGFR.13, EGFR. 14, EGFR.15, EGFR.16, EGFR.17, EGFR.18, EGFR.19,EGFR.20, EGFR.21, EGFR.22, EGFR.23, CDR-H1 GGSVSSGDYY 4 EGFR.24,EGFR.25, EGFR.26, EGFR.27 EGFR.2, EGFR.13, EGFR. 14, EGFR.15, EGFR.16,EGFR.17, EGFR.18, EGFR.19, EGFR.20, EGFR.21, EGFR.22, EGFR.23, EGFR.24,EGFR.25, EGFR.26, EGFR.27 CDR-H2 HIYYSGNTNYNPSLKS 5 EGFR.2, EGFR.13,EGFR. 14, EGFR.15, EGFR.16, EGFR.17, EGFR.18, EGFR.19, EGFR.20, EGFR.21,EGFR.22, EGFR.23, EGFR.24, EGFR.25, EGFR.26, EGFR.27 CDR-H3 VRDRVTGAFDI6

TABLE 2 EGFR FR SEQUENCES Construct FR REGION Amino Acid Sequence SEQ IDNO: EGFR.2, EGFR.13, EGFR.14, EGFR.15, EGFR.16, EGFR.17, EGFR.18,EGFR.19, EGFR20, EGFR.21, EGFR.22, EGFR.23, EGFR.24, EGFR.25, EGFR.26,EGFR.27 FR-L1 DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITC 7 EGFR.2, EGFR.13, EGFR.14,EGFR.15, EGFR.16, EGFR.17, EGFR.18, EGFR.19, EGFR20, EGFR.21, EGFR.22,EGFR.23, EGFR.24, EGFR.25, EGFR.26, EGFR.27 FR-L2 WYQQKPGKAPKLLIY 8EGFR.13, EGFR.14, EGFR.15, EGFR.16, EGFR.17, FR-L3GVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTFTISSLQPEDTATYFC 9 EGFR.18, EGFR.19, EGFR.20, EGFR.21,EGFR.22 FR-L3 GVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTFTISRLQPEDIATY FC 10 EGFR.23, EGFR.24,EGFR.25, EGFR.26, EGFR.27 FR-L3 GVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTFTISRLQPEDTAT YFC 11EGFR.2 FR-L3 GVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTFTISSLQPEDIATY FC 12 EGFR.2, EGFR.13,EGFR.14, EGFR.15, EGFR.16, EGFR.17, EGFR.18, EGFR.19, EGFR20, EGFR.21,EGFR.22, EGFR.23, EGFR.24, EGFR.25, EGFR.26, EGFR.27 FR-L4 FGGGTKVEIK 13EGFR.13, EGFR.14, EGFR.18, EGFR.19, EGFR.23, EGFR.24 FR-H 1 QVQLQESGPGAVKPS ETLS LTCTVS 14 EGFR.15, EGFR20, EGFR.25 FR-H 1 QVQLQESG PG LVKPSQTLSL TCTVS 15 EGFR.16, EGFR.17, EGFR.21, EGFR.22, EGFR.26, EGFR.27FR-H 1 QVQLQESG PGA VKPSQTLSL TCTVS 16 EGFR.2 FR-H 1 QVQLQESG PG LVKPSETLS LTCTVS 17 EGFR.2, EGFR.13, EGFR.14, EGFR.18, EGFR.19, EGFR.23,EGFR.24 FR-H2 WTWIRQSPGKGLEWIG 18 EGFR.15, EGFR.16, EGFR.17, EGFR.20,EGRF.21, EGFR.22, EGFR.25, EGFR.26, EGFR.27 FR-H2 WTWIRQRPGKGLEWIG 19EGFR.13, EGFR. 14, EGFR.16, EGFR.17, EGFR.18, EGFR.19, EGFR.21, EGFR.22,EGFR.23, FR-H3 R LTI S I DTS KTQFS L K LSSVTAADTATYYC 20 EGFR.24,EGFR.26, EGFR.27 EGFR.2, EGFR.15, EGFR.20, EGFR25 FR-H3RLTISIDTSKTQFSLKLSSVTAADTAIYYC 21 EGFR.13, EGFR.16, EGFR.18, EGFR.21,EGFR.23, EGFR.26 FR-H4 WGQGTAVTVSS 22 EGFR.14, EGFR.17, EGFR.19,EGFR.22, EGFR.24, EGFR.27 FR-H4 WGQGTTVTVSS 23 EGFR.2, EGFR.15, EGFR.20,EGFR25 FR-H4 WGQGTMVTVSS 24

TABLE 3 EGFR VL & VH SEQUENCES Construct REGION Amino Acid Sequence SEQID NO: EGFR.13, EGFR. 14, EGFR.15, EGFR.16, EGFR.17 VLDIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCQASQDISNYLNWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYDASNLETGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTFT ISSLQPEDTATYFCQHFDHLPLAFGGGTKVEIK25 EGFR.18, EGFR.19, EGRF.20, EGFR.21, EGFR.22 VLDIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCQASQDISNYLNWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYDASNLETGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTFT ISRLQPEDIATYFCQHFDHLPLAFGGGTKVEIK26 EGFR.23, EGFR.24, EGFR.25, EGFR.26, EGFR.27 VLDIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCQASQDISNYLNWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYDASNLETGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTFT ISRLQPEDTATYFCQHFDHLPLAFGGGTKVEIK27 EGFR.13, EGFR.18, EGFR.23 VH QVQLQESGPGAVKPSETLSLTCTVSGGSVSSGDYYWTWIRQSPGKGLEWIGHIYYSGNTNYNPSLKSRLTISIDTSKTQFSLKLSSVTAADTATYYCVRDRVTGAFDIWGQ GTAVTVSS 28 EGFR.14, EGFR.19,EGFR.24 VH QVQLQESGPGAVKPSETLSLTCTVSGGSVSSGDYYWTWIRQSPGKGLEWIGHIYYSGNTNYNPSLKSRLTISIDTSKTQFSLKLSSVTAADTATYYCVRDRVTGAFDIWGQ GTTVTVSS 29 EGFR.15, EGFR.20,EGFR.25 VH QVQLQESGPGLVKPSQTLSLTCTVSGGSVSSGDYYWTWIRQRPGKGLEWIGHIYYSGNTNYNPSLKSRLTISIDTSKTQFSLKLSSVTAADTAIYYCVRDRVTGAFDIWGQ GTMVTVSS 30 EGFR.16, EGFR.21,EGFR.26 VH QVQLQESGPGAVKPSQTLSLTCTVSGGSVSSGDYYWTWIRQRPGKGLEWIGHIYYSGNTNYNPSLKSRLTISIDTSKTQFSLKLSSVTAADTATYYCVRDRVTGAFDIWGQ GTAVTVSS 31 EGFR.17, EGFR.22,EGFR.27 VH QVQLQESGPGAVKPSQTLSLTCTVSGGSVSSGDYYWTWIRQRPGKGLEWIGHIYYSGNTNYNPSLKSRLTISIDTSKTQFSLKLSSVTAADTATYYCVRDRVTGAFDIWGQ GTTVTVSS 32 EGFR.2 VLDIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCQASQDISNYLNWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYDASNLETGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTFT ISSLQPEDIATYFCQHFDHLPLAFGGGTKVEIK35 EGFR.2 VH QVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTVSGGSVSSGDYYWTWIRQSPGKGLEWIGHIYYSGNTNYNPSLKSRLTISIDTSKTQFSLKLSSVTAADTAIYYCVRDRVTGAFDIWGQG TMVTVSS 36

TABLE 4 EGFR scFv sequences Construct Amino Acid Sequence SEQ ID NO:EGFR.13 DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCQASQDISNYLNWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYDASNLETGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTFTISSLQPEDTATYFCOHFDHLPLAFGGGTKVEIKGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGQVQLQESGPGAVKPSETLSLTCTVSGGSVSSGDYYWTWIRQSPGKGLEWIGHIYYSGNTNYNPSLKSRLTISIDTSKTQFSLKLSSVTAADTATYYCVRDRVTGAFDIWGQGTAVTVSS 37 EGFR.14DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCQASQDISNYLNWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYDASNLETGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTFTISSLQPEDTATYFCOHFDHLPLAFGGGTKVEIKGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGQVQLQESGPGAVKPSETLSLTCTVSGGSVSSGDYYWTWIRQSPGKGLEWIGHIYYSGNTNYNPSLKSRLTISIDTSKTQFSLKLSSVTAADTATYYCVRDRVTGAFDIWGQGTTVTVSS 38 EGFR.15DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCQASQDISNYLNWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYDASNLETGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTFTISSLQPEDTATYFCOHFDHLPLAFGGGTKVEIKGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGQVQLQESGPGLVKPSQTLSLTCTVSGGSVSSGDYYWTWIRQRPGKGLEWIGHIYYSGNTNYNPSLKSRLTISIDTSKTQFSLKLSSVTAADTAIYYCVRDRVTGAFDIWGQGTMVTVSS 39 EGFR.16DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCQASQDISNYLNWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYDASNLETGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTFTISSLQPEDTATYFCOHFDHLPLAFGGGTKVEIKGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGQVQLQESGPGAVKPSQTLSLTCTVSGGSVSSGDYYWTWIRQRPGKGLEWIGHIYYSGNTNYNPSLKSRLTISIDTSKTQFSLKLSSVTAADTATYYCVRDRVTGAFDIWGQGTAVTVSS 40 EGFR.17DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCQASQDISNYLNWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYDASNLETGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTFTISSLQPEDTATYFCOHFDHLPLAFGGGTKVEIKGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGQVQLQESGPGAVKPSQTLSLTCTVSGGSVSSGDYYWTWIRQRPGKGLEWIGHIYYSGNTNYNPSLKSRLTISIDTSKTQFSLKLSSVTAADTATYYCVRDRVTGAFDIWGQGTTVTVSS 41 EGFR.18DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCQASQDISNYLNWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYDASNLETGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTFTISRLQPEDIATYFCQHFDHLPLAFGGGTKVEIKGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGQVQLQESGPGAVKPSETLSLTCTVSGGSVSSGDYYWTWIRQSPGKGLEWIGHIYYSGNTNYNPSLKSRLTISIDTSKTQFSLKLSSVTAADTATYYCVRDRVTGAFDIWGQGTAVTVSS 42 EGFR.19DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCQASQDISNYLNWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYDASNLETGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTFTISRLQPEDIATYFCQHFDHLPLAFGGGTKVEIKGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGQVQLQESGPGAVKPSETLSLTCTVSGGSVSSGDYYWTWIRQSPGKGLEWIGHIYYSGNTNYNPSLKSRLTISIDTSKTQFSLKLSSVTAADTATYYCVRDRVTGAFDIWGQGTTVTVSS 43 EGFR.20DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCQASQDISNYLNWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYDASNLETGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTFTISRLQPEDIATYFCQHFDHLPLAFGGGTKVEIKGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGQVQLQESGPGLVKPSQTLSLTCTVSGGSVSSGDYYWTWIRQRPGKGLEWIGHIYYSGNTNYNPSLKSRLTISIDTSKTQFSLKLSSVTAADTAIYYCVRDRVTGAFDIWGQGTMVTVSS 44 EGFR.21DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCQASQDISNYLNWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYDASNLETGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTFTISRLQPEDIATYFCQHFDHLPLAFGGGTKVEIKGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGQVQLQESGPGAVKPSQTLSLTCTVSGGSVSSGDYYWTWIRQRPGKGLEWIGHIYYSGNTNYNPSLKSRLTISIDTSKTQFSLKLSSVTAADTATYYCVRDRVTGAFDIWGQGTAVTVSS 45 EGFR.22DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCQASQDISNYLNWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYDASNLETGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTFTISRLQPEDIATYFCQHFDHLPLAFGGGTKVEIKGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGQVQLQESGPGAVKPSQTLSLTCTVSGGSVSSGDYYWTWIRQRPGKGLEWIGHIYYSGNTNYNPSLKSRLTISIDTSKTQFSLKLSSVTAADTATYYCVRDRVTGAFDIWGQGTTVTVSS 46 EGFR.23DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCQASQDISNYLNWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYDASNLETGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTFTISRLQPEDTATYFCQHFDHLPLAFGGGTKVEIKGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGQVQLQESGPGAVKPSETLSLTCTVSGGSVSSGDYYWTWIRQSPGKGLEWIGHIYYSGNTNYNPSLKSRLTISIDTSKTQFSLKLSSVRAADTATYYCVRDRVTGAFDIWGQGTAVTVSS 47 EGFR.24DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCQASQDISNYLNWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYDASNLETGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTFTISRLQPEDTATYFCQHFDHLPLAFGGGTKVEIKGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGQVQLQESGPGAVKPSETLSLTCTVSGGSVSSGDYYWTWIRQSPGKGLEWIGHIYYSGNTNYNPSLKSRLTISIDTSKTQFSLKLSSVRAADTATYYCVRDRVTGAFDIWGQGTTVTVSS 48 EGFR.25DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCQASQDISNYLNWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYDASNLETGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTFTISRLQPEDTATYFCQHFDHLPLAFGGGTKVEIKGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGQVQLQESGPGLVKPSQTLSLTCTVSGGSVSSGDYYWTWIRQRPGKGLEWIGHIYYSGNTNYNPSLKSRLTISIDTSKTQFSLKLSSVTAADTAIYYCVRDRVTGAFDIWGQGTMVTVSS 49 EGFR.26DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCQASQDISNYLNWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYDASNLETGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTFTISRLQPEDTATYFCQHFDHLPLAFGGGTKVEIKGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGQVQLQESGPGAVKPSQTLSLTCTVSGGSVSSGDYYWTWIRQRPGKGLEWIGHIYYSGNTNYNPSLKSRLTISIDTSKTQFSLKLSSVTAADTATYYCVRDRVTGAFDIWGQGTAVTVSS 50 EGFR.27DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCQASQDISNYLNWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYDASNLETGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTFTISRLQPEDTATYFCQHFDHLPLAFGGGTKVEIKGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGQVQLQESGPGAVKPSQTLSLTCTVSGGSVSSGDYYWTWIRQRPGKGLEWIGHIYYSGNTNYNPSLKSRLTISIDTSKTQFSLKLSSVTAADTATYYCVRDRVTGAFDIWGQGTTVTVSS 51 EGFR.2DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCQASQDISNYLNWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYDASNLETGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTFTISSLQPEDIATYFCQHFDHLPLAFGGGTKVEIKGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGQVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTVSGGSVSSGDYYWTWIRQSPGKGLEWIGHIYYSGNTNYNPSLKSRLTISIDTSKTQFSLKLSSVTAADTAIYYCVRDRVTGAFDIWGQGTMVTVSS 52

III). Release Segments

In another aspect, the disclosure relates to release segment (RS)peptides suitable for inclusion in the subject compositions describedherein that are substrates for one or more mammalian proteasesassociated with or produced by disease tissues or cells found inproximity to disease tissues. Such proteases can include, but not belimited to the classes of proteases such as metalloproteinases, cysteineproteases, aspartate proteases, and serine proteases. The RS are usefulfor, amongst other things, conferring a prodrug format on the subjectcompositions that can be activated by the cleavage of the RS bymammalian proteases. As described herein, the RS are incorporated intothe subject composition embodiments described herein, linking theincorporated antigen binding fragment to the XTEN (the configurations ofwhich are described more fully, below) such that upon cleavage of the RSby action of the one or more proteases for which the RS are substrates,the antigen binding fragments and XTEN are released from the compositionand the antigen binding fragments, no longer shielded by the XTEN,increase their binding potential to their respective ligands. In aparticular feature, the RS serve as substrates for proteases found inclose association with or are co-localized with disease tissues orcells, such as but not limited to tumors, cancer cells, and inflammatorytissues, and upon cleavage of the RS, the antigen binding fragments thatare otherwise shielded by the XTEN of the subject compositions (and thushave a lower binding affinity for their respective ligands) are releasedfrom the composition and regain their increased potential to bind thetarget and/or effector cell ligands. In another embodiment, the RS ofthe subject polypeptide compositions comprise an amino acid sequencethat is a substrate for a cellular protease located within a targetedcell. In another particular feature of the subject compositionsdescribed herein, the RS that are substrates for two or three classes ofproteases were designed with sequences that are capable of being cleavedin different locations of the RS sequence by the different proteases,with a representative example depicted in FIG. 6 . Thus, the RS that aresubstrates for two, three, or more classes of proteases have two, three,or a plurality of distinct cleavage sites in the RS sequence, butcleavage by a single protease nevertheless results in the release of theantigen binding fragments and the XTEN from the composition comprisingthe RS.

In one embodiment, the disclosure provides an activatable polypeptidecomprising one or more release segments wherein the release segment is asubstrate for cleavage by one or more mammalian proteases. In anotherembodiment, the present disclosure provides a polypeptide comprising afirst release segment (RS1) sequence wherein the RS1 is a substrate forcleavage by a mammalian protease wherein the RS1 is a substrate for aprotease selected from the group consisting of legumain, MMP-2, MMP-7,MMP-9, MMP-11, MMP-14, uPA, and matriptase. In other cases, thepolypeptides of any of the subject composition embodiments describedherein comprise a first release segment (RS1) sequence wherein the RS1is a substrate for cleavage by one or more mammalian proteases selectedfrom the group consisting of meprin, neprilysin (CD10), PSMA, BMP-1, Adisintegrin and metalloproteinases (ADAMs), ADAM8, ADAM9, ADAM10,ADAM12, ADAM15, ADAM17 (TACE), ADAM19, ADAM28 (MDC-L), ADAM withthrombospondin motifs (ADAMTS), ADAMTS1, ADAMTS4, ADAMTS5, MMP-1(collagenase 1), matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1), matrixmetalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2, gelatinase A), matrix metalloproteinase-3(MMP-3, stromelysin 1), matrix metalloproteinase-7 (MMP-7, Matrilysin1), matrix metalloproteinase-8 (MMP-8, collagenase 2), matrixmetalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9, gelatinase B), matrix metalloproteinase-10(MMP-10, stromelysin 2), matrix metalloproteinase-11 (MMP-11,stromelysin 3), matrix metalloproteinase-12 (MMP-12, macrophageelastase), matrix metalloproteinase-13 (MMP-13, collagenase 3), matrixmetalloproteinase-14 (MMP-14, MT1-MMP), matrix metalloproteinase-15(MMP-15, MT2-MMP), matrix metalloproteinase-19 (MMP-19), matrixmetalloproteinase-23 (MMP-23, CA-MMP), matrix metalloproteinase-24(MMP-24, MT5-MMP), matrix metalloproteinase-26 (MMP-26, matrilysin 2),matrix metalloproteinase-27 (MMP-27, CMMP), legumain, cathepsin B,cathepsin C, cathepsin K, cathepsin L, cathepsin S, cathepsin X,cathepsin D, cathepsin E, secretase, urokinase (uPA), tissue-typeplasminogen activator (tPA), plasmin, thrombin, prostate-specificantigen (PSA, KLK3), human neutrophil elastase (HNE), elastase,tryptase, Type II transmembrane serine proteases (TTSPs), DESC1, hepsin(HPN), matriptase, matriptase-2, TMPRSS2, TMPRSS3, TMPRSS4 (CAP2),fibroblast activation protein (FAP), kallikrein-related peptidase (KLKfamily), KLK4, KLK5, KLK6, KLK7, KLK8, KLK10, KLK11, KLK13, and KLK14.

In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides polypeptidescomprising a first release segment (RS1) sequence for incorporation intothe subject polypeptide compositions described herein wherein the RS1 isa substrate for cleavage by one or more mammalian proteases wherein theRS1 comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%,94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or 100% sequence identity to a sequenceselected from SEQ ID NOS:53-671. In another embodiment, the RS1comprises an amino acid sequence selected from the sequences ofRSR-2089, RSR-2295, RSR-2298, RSR-2488, RSR-2599, RSR-2485, RSR-2486,RSR-2728, RSN-2089, RSN-2295, RSN-2298, RSN-2488, RSN-2599, RSN-2485,RSN-2486, RSN-2728, RSC-2089, RSC-2295, RSC-2298, RSC-2488, RSC-2599,RSC-2485, RSC-2486, and RSC-2728, each of which being forth in Table 5.As described more fully in descriptions of the configurations andproperties of the subject polypeptide compositions, below, the releasesegment is fused between the antigen binding fragment and an XTENpolypeptide such that upon cleavage of the release segment, the XTEN isreleased from the composition.

In other embodiments, the disclosure provides polypeptides comprising afirst release segment (RS1) sequence and a second release segment (RS2)for incorporation into the subject polypeptide compositions describedherein wherein the RS1 and the RS2 are identical. In another embodiment,the present disclosure provides polypeptides comprising a first releasesegment (RS1) sequence and a second release segment (RS2) forincorporation into the subject polypeptide compositions wherein the RS1and the RS2 are different. In some cases of the foregoing embodiments,theRS1 and the RS2 are each a substrate for cleavage by a mammalianprotease selected from the group consisting of legumain, MMP-2, MMP-7,MMP-9, MMP-11, MMP-14, uPA, and matriptase. In another embodiment, thedisclosure provides polypeptides comprising an RS1 and an RS2 sequencefor incorporation into the subject polypeptide compositions describedherein wherein the RS1 and RS2 are each a substrate for cleavage by oneor more mammalian proteases wherein the RS1 and RS2 each comprise anamino acid sequence having at least 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%,97%, 98%, 99%, or 100% sequence identity to a sequence selected from SEQID NOS:53-671. In another embodiment, the RS1 and RS2 each comprise anamino acid sequence selected from the sequences of RSR-2089, RSR-2295,RSR-2298, RSR-2488, RSR-2599, RSR-2485, RSR-2486, RSR-2728, RSN-2089,RSN-2295, RSN-2298, RSN-2488, RSN-2599, RSN-2485, RSN-2486, RSN-2728,RSC-2089, RSC-2295, RSC-2298, RSC-2488, RSC-2599, RSC-2485, RSC-2486,and RSC-2728, each of which being set forth in Table 5. As describedmore fully in paragraphs related to the descriptions of theconfigurations and properties of the subject polypeptide compositions,below, the release segments are fused between the antigen bindingfragment and an XTEN polypeptide such that upon cleavage of each releasesegment, the adjoining XTEN is released from the composition.

TABLE 5 Release Segments and Amino Acid Sequences Name Amino AcidSequence SEQ ID NO: RSR-1517 EAGRSANHEPLGLVAT 53 BSRS-A1ASGRSTNAGPSGLAGP 54 BSRS-A2 ASGRSTNAGPQGLAGQ 55 BSRS-A3 ASGRSTNAGPPGLTGP56 VP-1 ASSRGTNAGPAGLTGP 57 RSR-1752 ASSRTTNTGPSTLTGP 58 RSR-1512AAGRSDNGTPLELVAP 59 RSR-1517 EAGRSANHEPLGLVAT 53 VP-2 ASGRGTNAGPAGLTGP60 RSR-1018 LFGRNDNHEPLELGGG 61 RSR-1053 TAGRSDNLEPLGLVFG 62 RSR-1059LDGRSDNFHPPELVAG 63 RSR-1065 LEGRSDNEEPENLVAG 64 RSR-1167LKGRSDNNAPLALVAG 65 RSR-1201 VYSRGTNAGPHGLTGR 66 RSR-1218ANSRGTNKGFAGLIGP 67 RSR-1226 ASSRLTNEAPAGLTIP 68 RSR-1254DQSRGTNAGPEGLTDP 69 RSR-1256 ESSRGTNIGQGGLTGP 70 RSR-1261SSSRGTNQDPAGLTIP 71 RSR-1293 ASSRGQNHSPMGLTGP 72 RSR-1309AYSRGPNAGPAGLEGR 73 RSR-1326 ASERGNNAGPANLTGF 74 RSR-1345ASHRGTNPKPAILTGP 75 RSR-1354 MSSRRTNANPAQLTGP 76 RSR-1426GAGRTDNHEPLELGAA 77 RSR-1478 LAGRSENTAPLELTAG 78 RSR-1479LEGRPDNHEPLALVAS 79 RSR-1496 LSGRSDNEEPLALPAG 80 RSR-1508EAGRTDNHEPLELSAP 81 RSR-1513 EGGRSDNHGPLELVSG 82 RSR-1516LSGRSDNEAPLELEAG 83 RSR-1524 LGGRADNHEPPELGAG 84 RSR-1622PPSRGTNAEPAGLTGE 85 RSR-1629 ASTRGENAGPAGLEAP 86 RSR-1664ESSRGTNGAPEGLTGP 87 RSR-1667 ASSRATNESPAGLTGE 88 RSR-1709ASSRGENPPPGGLTGP 89 RSR-1712 AASRGTNTGPAELTGS 90 RSR-1727AGSRTTNAGPGGLEGP 91 RSR-1754 APSRGENAGPATLTGA 92 RSR-1819ESGRAANTGPPTLTAP 93 RSR-1832 NPGRAANEGPPGLPGS 94 RSR-1855ESSRAANLTPPELTGP 95 RSR-1911 ASGRAANETPPGLTGA 96 RSR-1929NSGRGENLGAPGLTGT 97 RSR-1951 TTGRAANLTPAGLTGP 98 RSR-2295EAGRSANHTPAGLTGP 99 RSR-2298 ESGRAANTTPAGLTGP 100 RSR-2038TTGRATEAANLTPAGLTGP 101 RSR-2072 TTGRAEEAANLTPAGLTGP 102 RSR-2089TTGRAGEAANLTPAGLTGP 103 RSR-2302 TTGRATEAANATPAGLTGP 104 RSR-3047TTGRAGEAEGATSAGATGP 105 RSR-3052 TTGEAGEAANATSAGATGP 106 RSR-3043TTGEAGEAAGLTPAGLTGP 107 RSR-3041 TTGAAGEAANATPAGLTGP 108 RSR-3044TTGRAGEAAGLTPAGLTGP 109 RSR-3057 TTGRAGEAANATSAGATGP 110 RSR-3058TTGEAGEAAGATSAGATGP 111 RSR-2485 ESGRAANTEPPELGAG 112 RSR-2486ESGRAANTAPEGLTGP 113 RSR-2488 EPGRAANHEPSGLTEG 114 RSR-2599ESGRAANHTGAPPGGLTGP 115 RSR-2706 TTGRTGEGANATPGGLTGP 116 RSR-2707RTGRSGEAANETPEGLEGP 117 RSR-2708 RTGRTGESANETPAGLGGP 118 RSR-2709STGRTGEPANETPAGLSGP 119 RSR-2710 TTGRAGEPANATPTGLSGP 120 RSR-2711RTGRPGEGANATPTGLPGP 121 RSR-2712 RTGRGGEAANATPSGLGGP 122 RSR-2713STGRSGESANATPGGLGGP 123 RSR-2714 RTGRTGEEANATPAGLPGP 124 RSR-2715ATGRPGEPANTTPEGLEGP 125 RSR-2716 STGRSGEPANATPGGLTGP 126 RSR-2717PTGRGGEGANTTPTGLPGP 127 RSR-2718 PTGRSGEGANATPSGLTGP 128 RSR-2719TTGRASEGANSTPAPLTEP 129 RSR-2720 TYGRAAEAANTTPAGLTAP 130 RSR-2721TTGRATEGANATPAELTEP 131 RSR-2722 TVGRASEEANTTPASLTGP 132 RSR-2723TTGRAPEAANATPAPLTGP 133 RSR-2724 TWGRATEPANATPAPLTSP 134 RSR-2725TVGRASESANATPAELTSP 135 RSR-2726 TVGRAPEGANSTPAGLTGP 136 RSR-2727TWGRATEAPNLEPATLTTP 137 RSR-2728 TTGRATEAPNLTPAPLTEP 138 RSR-2729TQGRATEAPNLSPAALTSP 139 RSR-2730 TQGRAAEAPNLTPATLTAP 140 RSR-2731TSGRAPEATNLAPAPLTGP 141 RSR-2732 TQGRAAEAANLTPAGLTEP 142 RSR-2733TTGRAGSAPNLPPTGLTTP 143 RSR-2734 TTGRAGGAENLPPEGLTAP 144 RSR-2735TTSRAGTATNLTPEGLTAP 145 RSR-2736 TTGRAGTATNLPPSGLTTP 146 RSR-2737TTARAGEAENLSPSGLTAP 147 RSR-2738 TTGRAGGAGNLAPGGLTEP 148 RSR-2739TTGRAGTATNLPPEGLTGP 149 RSR-2740 TTGRAGGAANLAPTGLTEP 150 RSR-2741TTGRAGTAENLAPSGLTTP 151 RSR-2742 TTGRAGSATNLGPGGLTGP 152 RSR-2743TTARAGGAENLTPAGLTEP 153 RSR-2744 TTARAGSAENLSPSGLTGP 154 RSR-2745TTARAGGAGNLAPEGLTTP 155 RSR-2746 TTSRAGAAENLTPTGLTGP 156 RSR-2747TYGRTTTPGNEPPASLEAE 157 RSR-2748 TYSRGESGPNEPPPGLTGP 158 RSR-2749AWGRTGASENETPAPLGGE 159 RSR-2750 RWGRAETTPNTPPEGLETE 160 RSR-2751ESGRAANHTGAEPPELGAG 161 RSR-2754 TTGRAGEAANLTPAGLTES 162 RSR-2755TTGRAGEAANLTPAALTES 163 RSR-2756 TTGRAGEAANLTPAPLTES 164 RSR-2757TTGRAGEAANLTPEPLTES 165 RSR-2758 TTGRAGEAANLTPAGLTGA 166 RSR-2759TTGRAGEAANLTPEGLTGA 167 RSR-2760 TTGRAGEAANLTPEPLTGA 168 RSR-2761TTGRAGEAANLTPAGLTEA 169 RSR-2762 TTGRAGEAANLTPEGLTEA 170 RSR-2763TTGRAGEAANLTPAPLTEA 171 RSR-2764 TTGRAGEAANLTPEPLTEA 172 RSR-2765TTGRAGEAANLTPEPLTGP 173 RSR-2766 TTGRAGEAANLTPAGLTGG 174 RSR-2767TTGRAGEAANLTPEGLTGG 175 RSR-2768 TTGRAGEAANLTPEALTGG 176 RSR-2769TTGRAGEAANLTPEPLTGG 177 RSR-2770 TTGRAGEAANLTPAGLTEG 178 RSR-2771TTGRAGEAANLTPEGLTEG 179 RSR-2772 TTGRAGEAANLTPAPLTEG 180 RSR-2773TTGRAGEAANLTPEPLTEG 181 RSN-0001 GSAPGSAGGYAELRMGGAIATSGSETPGT 182RSN-0002 GSAPGTGGGYAPLRMGGGAATSGSETPGT 183 RSN-0003GSAPGAEGGYAALRMGGEIATSGSETPGT 184 RSN-0004 GSAPGGPGGYALLRMGGPAATSGSETPGT185 RSN-0005 GSAPGEAGGYAFLRMGGSIATSGSETPGT 186 RSN-0006GSAPGPGGGYASLRMGGTAATSGSETPGT 187 RSN-0007 GSAPGSEGGYATLRMGGAIATSGSETPGT188 RSN-0008 GSAPGTPGGYANLRMGGGAATSGSETPGT 189 RSN-0009GSAPGASGGYAHLRMGGEIATSGSETPGT 190 RSN-0010 GSAPGGTGGYGELRMGGPAATSGSETPGT191 RSN-0011 GSAPGEAGGYPELRMGGSIATSGSETPGT 192 RSN-0012GSAPGPGGGYVELRMGGTAATSGSETPGT 193 RSN-0013 GSAPGSEGGYLELRMGGAIATSGSETPGT194 RSN-0014 GSAPGTPGGYSELRMGGGAATSGSETPGT 195 RSN-0015GSAPGASGGYTELRMGGEIATSGSETPGT 196 RSN-0016 GSAPGGTGGYQELRMGGPAATSGSETPGT197 RSN-0017 GSAPGEAGGYEELRMGGSIATSGSETPGT 198 RSN-0018GSAPGPGIGPAELRMGGTAATSGSETPGT 199 RSN-0019 GSAPGSEIGAAELRMGGAIATSGSETPGT200 RSN-0020 GSAPGTPIGSAELRMGGGAATSGSETPGT 201 RSN-0021GSAPGASIGTAELRMGGEIATSGSETPGT 202 RSN-0022 GSAPGGTIGNAELRMGGPAATSGSETPGT203 RSN-0023 GSAPGEAIGQAELRMGGSIATSGSETPGT 204 RSN-0024GSAPGPGGPYAELRMGGTAATSGSETPGT 205 RSN-0025 GSAPGSEGAYAELRMGGAIATSGSETPGT206 RSN-0026 GSAPGTPGVYAELRMGGGAATSGSETPGT 207 RSN-0027GSAPGASGLYAELRMGGEIATSGSETPGT 208 RSN-0028 GSAPGGTGIYAELRMGGPAATSGSETPGT209 RSN-0029 GSAPGEAGFYAELRMGGSIATSGSETPGT 210 RSN-0030GSAPGPGGYYAELRMGGTAATSGSETPGT 211 RSN-0031 GSAPGSEGSYAELRMGGAIATSGSETPGT212 RSN-0032 GSAPGTPGNYAELRMGGGAATSGSETPGT 213 RSN-0033GSAPGASGEYAELRMGGEIATSGSETPGT 214 RSN-0034 GSAPGGTGHYAELRMGGPAATSGSETPGT215 RSN-0035 GSAPGEAGGYAEARMGGSIATSGSETPGT 216 RSN-0036GSAPGPGGGYAEVRMGGTAATSGSETPGT 217 RSN-0037 GSAPGSEGGYAEIRMGGAIATSGSETPGT218 RSN-0038 GSAPGTPGGYAEFRMGGGAATSGSETPGT 219 RSN-0039GSAPGASGGYAEYRMGGEIATSGSETPGT 220 RSN-0040 GSAPGGTGGYAESRMGGPAATSGSETPGT221 RSN-0041 GSAPGEAGGYAETRMGGSIATSGSETPGT 222 RSN-0042GSAPGPGGGYAELAMGGTRATSGSETPGT 223 RSN-0043 GSAPGSEGGYAELVMGGARATSGSETPGT224 RSN-0044 GSAPGTPGGYAELLMGGGRATSGSETPGT 225 RSN-0045GSAPGASGGYAELIMGGERATSGSETPGT 226 RSN-0046 GSAPGGTGGYAELWMGGPRATSGSETPGT227 RSN-0047 GSAPGEAGGYAELSMGGSRATSGSETPGT 228 RSN-0048GSAPGPGGGYAELTMGGTRATSGSETPGT 229 RSN-0049 GSAPGSEGGYAELQMGGARATSGSETPGT230 RSN-0050 GSAPGTPGGYAELNMGGGRATSGSETPGT 231 RSN-0051GSAPGASGGYAELEMGGERATSGSETPGT 232 RSN-0052 GSAPGGTGGYAELRPGGPIATSGSETPGT233 RSN-0053 GSAPGEAGGYAELRAGGSAATSGSETPGT 234 RSN-0054GSAPGPGGGYAELRLGGTIATSGSETPGT 235 RSN-0055 GSAPGSEGGYAELRIGGAAATSGSETPGT236 RSN-0056 GSAPGTPGGYAELRSGGGIATSGSETPGT 237 RSN-0057GSAPGASGGYAELRNGGEAATSGSETPGT 238 RSN-0058 GSAPGGTGGYAELRQGGPIATSGSETPGT239 RSN-0059 GSAPGEAGGYAELRDGGSAATSGSETPGT 240 RSN-0060GSAPGPGGGYAELREGGTIATSGSETPGT 241 RSN-0061 GSAPGSEGGYAELRHGGAAATSGSETPGT242 RSN-0062 GSAPGTPGGYAELRMPGGIATSGSETPGT 243 RSN-0063GSAPGASGGYAELRMAGEAATSGSETPGT 244 RSN-0064 GSAPGGTGGYAELRMVGPIATSGSETPGT245 RSN-0065 GSAPGEAGGYAELRMLGSAATSGSETPGT 246 RSN-0066GSAPGPGGGYAELRMIGTIATSGSETPGT 247 RSN-0067 GSAPGSEGGYAELRMYGAIATSGSETPGT248 RSN-0068 GSAPGTPGGYAELRMSGGAATSGSETPGT 249 RSN-0069GSAPGASGGYAELRMNGEIATSGSETPGT 250 RSN-0070 GSAPGGTGGYAELRMQGPAATSGSETPGT251 RSN-0071 GSAPGANHTPAGLTGPGARATSGSETPGT 252 RSN-0072GSAPGANTAPEGLTGPSTRATSGSETPGT 253 RSN-0073 GSAPGTGAPPGGLTGPGTRATSGSETPGT254 RSN-0074 GSAPGANHEPSGLTEGSPRATSGSETPGT 255 RSN-0075GSAPGANTEPPELGAGTERATSGSETPGT 256 RSN-0076 GSAPGASGPPPGLTGPPGRATSGSETPGT257 RSN-0077 GSAPGASGTPAPLGGEPGRATSGSETPGT 258 RSN-0078GSAPGPAGPPEGLETEAGRATSGSETPGT 259 RSN-0079 GSAPGPTSGQGGLTGPESRATSGSETPGT260 RSN-0080 GSAPGSAGGAANLVRGGAIATSGSETPGT 261 RSN-0081GSAPGTGGGAAPLVRGGGAATSGSETPGT 262 RSN-0082 GSAPGAEGGAAALVRGGEIATSGSETPGT263 RSN-0083 GSAPGGPGGAALLVRGGPAATSGSETPGT 264 RSN-0084GSAPGEAGGAAFLVRGGSIATSGSETPGT 265 RSN-0085 GSAPGPGGGAASLVRGGTAATSGSETPGT266 RSN-0086 GSAPGSEGGAATLVRGGAIATSGSETPGT 267 RSN-0087GSAPGTPGGAAGLVRGGGAATSGSETPGT 268 RSN-0088 GSAPGASGGAADLVRGGEIATSGSETPGT269 RSN-0089 GSAPGGTGGAGNLVRGGPAATSGSETPGT 270 RSN-0090GSAPGEAGGAPNLVRGGSIATSGSETPGT 271 RSN-0091 GSAPGPGGGAVNLVRGGTAATSGSETPGT272 RSN-0092 GSAPGSEGGALNLVRGGAIATSGSETPGT 273 RSN-0093GSAPGTPGGASNLVRGGGAATSGSETPGT 274 RSN-0094 GSAPGASGGATNLVRGGEIATSGSETPGT275 RSN-0095 GSAPGGTGGAQNLVRGGPAATSGSETPGT 276 RSN-0096GSAPGEAGGAENLVRGGSIATSGSETPGT 277 RSN-1517GSAPEAGRSANHEPLGLVATATSGSETPGT 278 BSRS-A1GSAPASGRSTNAGPSGLAGPATSGSETPGT 279 BSRS-A2GSAPASGRSTNAGPQGLAGQATSGSETPGT 280 BSRS-A3GSAPASGRSTNAGPPGLTGPATSGSETPGT 281 VP-1 GSAPASSRGTNAGPAGLTGPATSGSETPGT282 RSN-1752 GSAPASSRTTNTGPSTLTGPATSGSETPGT 283 RSN-1512GSAPAAGRSDNGTPLELVAPATSGSETPGT 284 RSN-1517GSAPEAGRSANHEPLGLVATATSGSETPGT 278 VP-2 GSAPASGRGTNAGPAGLTGPATSGSETPGT285 RSN-1018 GSAPLFGRNDNHEPLELGGGATSGSETPGT 286 RSN-1053GSAPTAGRSDNLEPLGLVFGATSGSETPGT 287 RSN-1059GSAPLDGRSDNFHPPELVAGATSGSETPGT 288 RSN-1065GSAPLEGRSDNEEPENLVAGATSGSETPGT 289 RSN-1167GSAPLKGRSDNNAPLALVAGATSGSETPGT 290 RSN-1201GSAPVYSRGTNAGPHGLTGRATSGSETPGT 291 RSN-1218GSAPANSRGTNKGFAGLIGPATSGSETPGT 292 RSN-1226GSAPASSRLTNEAPAGLTIPATSGSETPGT 293 RSN-1254GSAPDQSRGTNAGPEGLTDPATSGSETPGT 294 RSN-1256GSAPESSRGTNIGQGGLTGPATSGSETPGT 295 RSN-1261GSAPSSSRGTNQDPAGLTIPATSGSETPGT 296 RSN-1293GSAPASSRGQNHSPMGLTGPATSGSETPGT 297 RSN-1309GSAPAYSRGPNAGPAGLEGRATSGSETPGT 298 RSN-1326GSAPASERGNNAGPANLTGFATSGSETPGT 299 RSN-1345GSAPASHRGTNPKPAILTGPATSGSETPGT 300 RSN-1354GSAPMSSRRTNANPAQLTGPATSGSETPGT 301 RSN-1426GSAPGAGRTDNHEPLELGAAATSGSETPGT 302 RSN-1478GSAPLAGRSENTAPLELTAGATSGSETPGT 303 RSN-1479GSAPLEGRPDNHEPLALVASATSGSETPGT 304 RSN-1496GSAPLSGRSDNEEPLALPAGATSGSETPGT 305 RSN-1508GSAPEAGRTDNHEPLELSAPATSGSETPGT 306 RSN-1513GSAPEGGRSDNHGPLELVSGATSGSETPGT 307 RSN-1516GSAPLSGRSDNEAPLELEAGATSGSETPGT 308 RSN-1524GSAPLGGRADNHEPPELGAGATSGSETPGT 309 RSN-1622GSAPPPSRGTNAEPAGLTGEATSGSETPGT 310 RSN-1629GSAPASTRGENAGPAGLEAPATSGSETPGT 311 RSN-1664GSAPESSRGTNGAPEGLTGPATSGSETPGT 312 RSN-1667GSAPASSRATNESPAGLTGEATSGSETPGT 313 RSN-1709GSAPASSRGENPPPGGLTGPATSGSETPGT 314 RSN-1712GSAPAASRGTNTGPAELTGSATSGSETPGT 315 RSN-1727GSAPAGSRTTNAGPGGLEGPATSGSETPGT 316 RSN-1754GSAPAPSRGENAGPATLTGAATSGSETPGT 317 RSN-1819GSAPESGRAANTGPPTLTAPATSGSETPGT 318 RSN-1832GSAPNPGRAANEGPPGLPGSATSGSETPGT 319 RSN-1855GSAPESSRAANLTPPELTGPATSGSETPGT 320 RSN-1911GSAPASGRAANETPPGLTGAATSGSETPGT 321 RSN-1929GSAPNSGRGENLGAPGLTGTATSGSETPGT 322 RSN-1951GSAPTTGRAANLTPAGLTGPATSGSETPGT 323 RSN-2295GSAPEAGRSANHTPAGLTGPATSGSETPGT 324 RSN-2298GSAPESGRAANTTPAGLTGPATSGSETPGT 325 RSN-2038GSAPTTGRATEAANLTPAGLTGPATSGSETPGT 326 RSN-2072GSAPTTGRAEEAANLTPAGLTGPATSGSETPGT 327 RSN-2089GSAPTTGRAGEAANLTPAGLTGPATSGSETPGT 328 RSN-2302GSAPTTGRATEAANATPAGLTGPATSGSETPGT 329 RSN-3047GSAPTTGRAGEAEGATSAGATGPATSGSETPGT 330 RSN-3052GSAPTTGEAGEAANATSAGATGPATSGSETPGT 331 RSN-3043GSAPTTGEAGEAAGLTPAGLTGPATSGSETPGT 332 RSN-3041GSAPTTGAAGEAANATPAGLTGPATSGSETPGT 333 RSN-3044GSAPTTGRAGEAAGLTPAGLTGPATSGSETPGT 334 RSN-3057GSAPTTGRAGEAANATSAGATGPATSGSETPGT 335 RSN-3058GSAPTTGEAGEAAGATSAGATGPATSGSETPGT 336 RSN-2485GSAPESGRAANTEPPELGAGATSGSETPGT 337 RSN-2486GSAPESGRAANTAPEGLTGPATSGSETPGT 338 RSN-2488GSAPEPGRAANHEPSGLTEGATSGSETPGT 339 RSN-2599GSAPESGRAANHTGAPPGGLTGPATSGSETPGT 340 RSN-2706GSAPTTGRTGEGANATPGGLTGPATSGSETPGT 341 RSN-2707GSAPRTGRSGEAANETPEGLEGPATSGSETPGT 342 RSN-2708GSAPRTGRTGESANETPAGLGGPATSGSETPGT 343 RSN-2709GSAPSTGRTGEPANETPAGLSGPATSGSETPGT 344 RSN-2710GSAPTTGRAGEPANATPTGLSGPATSGSETPGT 345 RSN-2711GSAPRTGRPGEGANATPTGLPGPATSGSETPGT 346 RSN-2712GSAPRTGRGGEAANATPSGLGGPATSGSETPGT 347 RSN-2713GSAPSTGRSGESANATPGGLGGPATSGSETPGT 348 RSN-2714GSAPRTGRTGEEANATPAGLPGPATSGSETPGT 349 RSN-2715GSAPATGRPGEPANTTPEGLEGPATSGSETPGT 350 RSN-2716GSAPSTGRSGEPANATPGGLTGPATSGSETPGT 351 RSN-2717GSAPPTGRGGEGANTTPTGLPGPATSGSETPGT 352 RSN-2718GSAPPTGRSGEGANATPSGLTGPATSGSETPGT 353 RSN-2719GSAPTTGRASEGANSTPAPLTEPATSGSETPGT 354 RSN-2720GSAPTYGRAAEAANTTPAGLTAPATSGSETPGT 355 RSN-2721GSAPTTGRATEGANATPAELTEPATSGSETPGT 356 RSN-2722GSAPTVGRASEEANTTPASLTGPATSGSETPGT 357 RSN-2723GSAPTTGRAPEAANATPAPLTGPATSGSETPGT 358 RSN-2724GSAPTWGRATEPANATPAPLTSPATSGSETPGT 359 RSN-2725GSAPTVGRASESANATPAELTSPATSGSETPGT 360 RSN-2726GSAPTVGRAPEGANSTPAGLTGPATSGSETPGT 361 RSN-2727GSAPTWGRATEAPNLEPATLTTPATSGSETPGT 362 RSN-2728GSAPTTGRATEAPNLTPAPLTEPATSGSETPGT 363 RSN-2729GSAPTQGRATEAPNLSPAALTSPATSGSETPGT 364 RSN-2730GSAPTQGRAAEAPNLTPATLTAPATSGSETPGT 365 RSN-2731GSAPTSGRAPEATNLAPAPLTGPATSGSETPGT 366 RSN-2732GSAPTQGRAAEAANLTPAGLTEPATSGSETPGT 367 RSN-2733GSAPTTGRAGSAPNLPPTGLTTPATSGSETPGT 368 RSN-2734GSAPTTGRAGGAENLPPEGLTAPATSGSETPGT 369 RSN-2735GSAPTTSRAGTATNLTPEGLTAPATSGSETPGT 370 RSN-2736GSAPTTGRAGTATNLPPSGLTTPATSGSETPGT 371 RSN-2737GSAPTTARAGEAENLSPSGLTAPATSGSETPGT 372 RSN-2738GSAPTTGRAGGAGNLAPGGLTEPATSGSETPGT 373 RSN-2739GSAPTTGRAGTATNLPPEGLTGPATSGSETPGT 374 RSN-2740GSAPTTGRAGGAANLAPTGLTEPATSGSETPGT 375 RSN-2741GSAPTTGRAGTAENLAPSGLTTPATSGSETPGT 376 RSN-2742GSAPTTGRAGSATNLGPGGLTGPATSGSETPGT 377 RSN-2743GSAPTTARAGGAENLTPAGLTEPATSGSETPGT 378 RSN-2744GSAPTTARAGSAENLSPSGLTGPATSGSETPGT 379 RSN-2745GSAPTTARAGGAGNLAPEGLTTPATSGSETPGT 380 RSN-2746GSAPTTSRAGAAENLTPTGLTGPATSGSETPGT 381 RSN-2747GSAPTYGRTTTPGNEPPASLEAEATSGSETPGT 382 RSN-2748GSAPTYSRGESGPNEPPPGLTGPATSGSETPGT 383 RSN-2749GSAPAWGRTGASENETPAPLGGEATSGSETPGT 384 RSN-2750GSAPRWGRAETTPNTPPEGLETEATSGSETPGT 385 RSN-2751GSAPESGRAANHTGAEPPELGAGATSGSETPGT 386 RSN-2754GSAPTTGRAGEAANLTPAGLTESATSGSETPGT 387 RSN-2755GSAPTTGRAGEAANLTPAALTESATSGSETPGT 388 RSN-2756GSAPTTGRAGEAANLTPAPLTESATSGSETPGT 389 RSN-2757GSAPTTGRAGEAANLTPEPLTESATSGSETPGT 390 RSN-2758GSAPTTGRAGEAANLTPAGLTGAATSGSETPGT 391 RSN-2759GSAPTTGRAGEAANLTPEGLTGAATSGSETPGT 392 RSN-2760GSAPTTGRAGEAANLTPEPLTGAATSGSETPGT 393 RSN-2761GSAPTTGRAGEAANLTPAGLTEAATSGSETPGT 394 RSN-2762GSAPTTGRAGEAANLTPEGLTEAATSGSETPGT 395 RSN-2763GSAPTTGRAGEAANLTPAPLTEAATSGSETPGT 396 RSN-2764GSAPTTGRAGEAANLTPEPLTEAATSGSETPGT 397 RSN-2765GSAPTTGRAGEAANLTPEPLTGPATSGSETPGT 398 RSN-2766GSAPTTGRAGEAANLTPAGLTGGATSGSETPGT 399 RSN-2767GSAPTTGRAGEAANLTPEGLTGGATSGSETPGT 400 RSN-2768GSAPTTGRAGEAANLTPEALTGGATSGSETPGT 401 RSN-2769GSAPTTGRAGEAANLTPEPLTGGATSGSETPGT 402 RSN-2770GSAPTTGRAGEAANLTPAGLTEGATSGSETPGT 403 RSN-2771GSAPTTGRAGEAANLTPEGLTEGATSGSETPGT 404 RSN-2772GSAPTTGRAGEAANLTPAPLTEGATSGSETPGT 405 RSN-2773GSAPTTGRAGEAANLTPEPLTEGATSGSETPGT 406 RSN-3047GSAPTTGRAGEAEGATSAGATGPATSGSETPGT 330 RSN-2783GSAPEAGRSAEATSAGATGPATSGSETPGT 407 RSN-3107GSAPSASGTYSRGESGPGSPATSGSETPGT 408 RSN-3103GSAPSASGEAGRTDTHPGSPATSGSETPGT 409 RSN-3102GSAPSASGEPGRAAEHPGSPATSGSETPGT 410 RSN-3119GSAPSPAGESSRGTTIAGSPATSGSETPGT 411 RSN-3043GSAPTTGEAGEAAGLTPAGLTGPATSGSETPGT 332 RSN-2789GSAPEAGESAGATPAGLTGPATSGSETPGT 412 RSN-3109GSAPSASGAPLELEAGPGSPATSGSETPGT 413 RSN-3110GSAPSASGEPPELGAGPGSPATSGSETPGT 414 RSN-3111GSAPSASGEPSGLTEGPGSPATSGSETPGT 415 RSN-3112GSAPSASGTPAPLTEPPGSPATSGSETPGT 416 RSN-3113GSAPSASGTPAELTEPPGSPATSGSETPGT 417 RSN-3114GSAPSASGPPPGLTGPPGSPATSGSETPGT 418 RSN-3115GSAPSASGTPAPLGGEPGSPATSGSETPGT 419 RSN-3125GSAPSPAGAPEGLTGPAGSPATSGSETPGT 420 RSN-3126GSAPSPAGPPEGLETEAGSPATSGSETPGT 421 RSN-3127GSAPSPTSGQGGLTGPGSEPATSGSETPGT 422 RSN-3131GSAPSESAPPEGLETESTEPATSGSETPGT 423 RSN-3132GSAPSEGSEPLELGAASETPATSGSETPGT 424 RSN-3133GSAPSEGSGPAGLEAPSETPATSGSETPGT 425 RSN-3138GSAPSEPTPPASLEAEPGSPATSGSETPGT 426 RSC-0001GTAEAASASGGSAGGYAELRMGGAIPGSP 427 RSC-0002 GTAEAASASGGTGGGYAPLRMGGGAPGSP428 RSC-0003 GTAEAASASGGAEGGYAALRMGGEIPGSP 429 RSC-0004GTAEAASASGGGPGGYALLRMGGPAPGSP 430 RSC-0005 GTAEAASASGGEAGGYAFLRMGGSIPGSP431 RSC-0006 GTAEAASASGGPGGGYASLRMGGTAPGSP 432 RSC-0007GTAEAASASGGSEGGYATLRMGGAIPGSP 433 RSC-0008 GTAEAASASGGTPGGYANLRMGGGAPGSP434 RSC-0009 GTAEAASASGGASGGYAHLRMGGEIPGSP 435 RSC-0010GTAEAASASGGGTGGYGELRMGGPAPGSP 436 RSC-0011 GTAEAASASGGEAGGYPELRMGGSIPGSP437 RSC-0012 GTAEAASASGGPGGGYVELRMGGTAPGSP 438 RSC-0013GTAEAASASGGSEGGYLELRMGGAIPGSP 439 RSC-0014 GTAEAASASGGTPGGYSELRMGGGAPGSP440 RSC-0015 GTAEAASASGGASGGYTELRMGGEIPGSP 441 RSC-0016GTAEAASASGGGTGGYQELRMGGPAPGSP 442 RSC-0017 GTAEAASASGGEAGGYEELRMGGSIPGSP443 RSC-0018 GTAEAASASGGPGIGPAELRMGGTAPGSP 444 RSC-0019GTAEAASASGGSEIGAAELRMGGAIPGSP 445 RSC-0020 GTAEAASASGGTPIGSAELRMGGGAPGSP446 RSC-0021 GTAEAASASGGASIGTAELRMGGEIPGSP 447 RSC-0022GTAEAASASGGGTIGNAELRMGGPAPGSP 448 RSC-0023 GTAEAASASGGEAIGQAELRMGGSIPGSP449 RSC-0024 GTAEAASASGGPGGPYAELRMGGTAPGSP 450 RSC-0025GTAEAASASGGSEGAYAELRMGGAIPGSP 451 RSC-0026 GTAEAASASGGTPGVYAELRMGGGAPGSP452 RSC-0027 GTAEAASASGGASGLYAELRMGGEIPGSP 453 RSC-0028GTAEAASASGGGTGIYAELRMGGPAPGSP 454 RSC-0029 GTAEAASASGGEAGFYAELRMGGSIPGSP455 RSC-0030 GTAEAASASGGPGGYYAELRMGGTAPGSP 456 RSC-0031GTAEAASASGGSEGSYAELRMGGAIPGSP 457 RSC-0032 GTAEAASASGGTPGNYAELRMGGGAPGSP458 RSC-0033 GTAEAASASGGASGEYAELRMGGEIPGSP 459 RSC-0034GTAEAASASGGGTGHYAELRMGGPAPGSP 460 RSC-0035 GTAEAASASGGEAGGYAEARMGGSIPGSP461 RSC-0036 GTAEAASASGGPGGGYAEVRMGGTAPGSP 462 RSC-0037GTAEAASASGGSEGGYAEIRMGGAIPGSP 463 RSC-0038 GTAEAASASGGTPGGYAEFRMGGGAPGSP464 RSC-0039 GTAEAASASGGASGGYAEYRMGGEIPGSP 465 RSC-0040GTAEAASASGGGTGGYAESRMGGPAPGSP 466 RSC-0041 GTAEAASASGGEAGGYAETRMGGSIPGSP467 RSC-0042 GTAEAASASGGPGGGYAELAMGGTRPGSP 468 RSC-0043GTAEAASASGGSEGGYAELVMGGARPGSP 469 RSC-0044 GTAEAASASGGTPGGYAELLMGGGRPGSP470 RSC-0045 GTAEAASASGGASGGYAELIMGGERPGSP 471 RSC-0046GTAEAASASGGGTGGYAELWMGGPRPGSP 472 RSC-0047 GTAEAASASGGEAGGYAELSMGGSRPGSP473 RSC-0048 GTAEAASASGGPGGGYAELTMGGTRPGSP 474 RSC-0049GTAEAASASGGSEGGYAELQMGGARPGSP 475 RSC-0050 GTAEAASASGGTPGGYAELNMGGGRPGSP476 RSC-0051 GTAEAASASGGASGGYAELEMGGERPGSP 477 RSC-0052GTAEAASASGGGTGGYAELRPGGPIPGSP 478 RSC-0053 GTAEAASASGGEAGGYAELRAGGSAPGSP479 RSC-0054 GTAEAASASGGPGGGYAELRLGGTIPGSP 480 RSC-0055GTAEAASASGGSEGGYAELRIGGAAPGSP 481 RSC-0056 GTAEAASASGGTPGGYAELRSGGGIPGSP482 RSC-0057 GTAEAASASGGASGGYAELRNGGEAPGSP 483 RSC-0058GTAEAASASGGGTGGYAELRQGGPIPGSP 484 RSC-0059 GTAEAASASGGEAGGYAELRDGGSAPGSP485 RSC-0060 GTAEAASASGGPGGGYAELREGGTIPGSP 486 RSC-0061GTAEAASASGGSEGGYAELRHGGAAPGSP 487 RSC-0062 GTAEAASASGGTPGGYAELRMPGGIPGSP488 RSC-0063 GTAEAASASGGASGGYAELRMAGEAPGSP 489 RSC-0064GTAEAASASGGGTGGYAELRMVGPIPGSP 490 RSC-0065 GTAEAASASGGEAGGYAELRMLGSAPGSP491 RSC-0066 GTAEAASASGGPGGGYAELRMIGTIPGSP 492 RSC-0067GTAEAASASGGSEGGYAELRMYGAIPGSP 493 RSC-0068 GTAEAASASGGTPGGYAELRMSGGAPGSP494 RSC-0069 GTAEAASASGGASGGYAELRMNGEIPGSP 495 RSC-0070GTAEAASASGGGTGGYAELRMQGPAPGSP 496 RSC-0071 GTAEAASASGGANHTPAGLTGPGARPGSP497 RSC-0072 GTAEAASASGGANTAPEGLTGPSTRPGSP 498 RSC-0073GTAEAASASGGTGAPPGGLTGPGTRPGSP 499 RSC-0074 GTAEAASASGGANHEPSGLTEGSPRPGSP500 RSC-0075 GTAEAASASGGANTEPPELGAGTERPGSP 501 RSC-0076GTAEAASASGGASGPPPGLTGPPGRPGSP 502 RSC-0077 GTAEAASASGGASGTPAPLGGEPGRPGSP503 RSC-0078 GTAEAASASGGPAGPPEGLETEAGRPGSP 504 RSC-0079GTAEAASASGGPTSGQGGLTGPESRPGSP 505 RSC-0080 GTAEAASASGGSAGGAANLVRGGAIPGSP506 RSC-0081 GTAEAASASGGTGGGAAPLVRGGGAPGSP 507 RSC-0082GTAEAASASGGAEGGAAALVRGGEIPGSP 508 RSC-0083 GTAEAASASGGGPGGAALLVRGGPAPGSP509 RSC-0084 GTAEAASASGGEAGGAAFLVRGGSIPGSP 510 RSC-0085GTAEAASASGGPGGGAASLVRGGTAPGSP 511 RSC-0086 GTAEAASASGGSEGGAATLVRGGAIPGSP512 RSC-0087 GTAEAASASGGTPGGAAGLVRGGGAPGSP 513 RSC-0088GTAEAASASGGASGGAADLVRGGEIPGSP 514 RSC-0089 GTAEAASASGGGTGGAGNLVRGGPAPGSP515 RSC-0090 GTAEAASASGGEAGGAPNLVRGGSIPGSP 516 RSC-0091GTAEAASASGGPGGGAVNLVRGGTAPGSP 517 RSC-0092 GTAEAASASGGSEGGALNLVRGGAIPGSP518 RSC-0093 GTAEAASASGGTPGGASNLVRGGGAPGSP 519 RSC-0094GTAEAASASGGASGGATNLVRGGEIPGSP 520 RSC-0095 GTAEAASASGGGTGGAQNLVRGGPAPGSP521 RSC-0096 GTAEAASASGGEAGGAENLVRGGSIPGSP 522 RSC-1517GTAEAASASGEAGRSANHEPLGLVATPGSP 523 BSRS-A1GTAEAASASGASGRSTNAGPSGLAGPPGSP 524 BSRS-A2GTAEAASASGASGRSTNAGPQGLAGQPGSP 525 BSRS-A3GTAEAASASGASGRSTNAGPPGLTGPPGSP 526 VP-1 GTAEAASASGASSRGTNAGPAGLTGPPGSP527 RSC-1752 GTAEAASASGASSRTTNTGPSTLTGPPGSP 528 RSC-1512GTAEAASASGAAGRSDNGTPLELVAPPGSP 529 RSC-1517GTAEAASASGEAGRSANHEPLGLVATPGSP 523 VP-2 GTAEAASASGASGRGTNAGPAGLTGPPGSP530 RSC-1018 GTAEAASASGLFGRNDNHEPLELGGGPGSP 531 RSC-1053GTAEAASASGTAGRSDNLEPLGLVFGPGSP 532 RSC-1059GTAEAASASGLDGRSDNFHPPELVAGPGSP 533 RSC-1065GTAEAASASGLEGRSDNEEPENLVAGPGSP 534 RSC-1167GTAEAASASGLKGRSDNNAPLALVAGPGSP 535 RSC-1201GTAEAASASGVYSRGTNAGPHGLTGRPGSP 536 RSC-1218GTAEAASASGANSRGTNKGFAGLIGPPGSP 537 RSC-1226GTAEAASASGASSRLTNEAPAGLTIPPGSP 538 RSC-1254GTAEAASASGDQSRGTNAGPEGLTDPPGSP 539 RSC-1256GTAEAASASGESSRGTNIGQGGLTGPPGSP 540 RSC-1261GTAEAASASGSSSRGTNQDPAGLTIPPGSP 541 RSC-1293GTAEAASASGASSRGQNHSPMGLTGPPGSP 542 RSC-1309GTAEAASASGAYSRGPNAGPAGLEGRPGSP 543 RSC-1326GTAEAASASGASERGNNAGPANLTGFPGSP 544 RSC-1345GTAEAASASGASHRGTNPKPAILTGPPGSP 545 RSC-1354GTAEAASASGMSSRRTNANPAQLTGPPGSP 546 RSC-1426GTAEAASASGGAGRTDNHEPLELGAAPGSP 547 RSC-1478GTAEAASASGLAGRSENTAPLELTAGPGSP 548 RSC-1479GTAEAASASGLEGRPDNHEPLALVASPGSP 549 RSC-1496GTAEAASASGLSGRSDNEEPLALPAGPGSP 550 RSC-1508GTAEAASASGEAGRTDNHEPLELSAPPGSP 551 RSC-1513GTAEAASASGEGGRSDNHGPLELVSGPGSP 552 RSC-1516GTAEAASASGLSGRSDNEAPLELEAGPGSP 553 RSC-1524GTAEAASASGLGGRADNHEPPELGAGPGSP 554 RSC-1622GTAEAASASGPPSRGTNAEPAGLTGEPGSP 555 RSC-1629GTAEAASASGASTRGENAGPAGLEAPPGSP 556 RSC-1664GTAEAASASGESSRGTNGAPEGLTGPPGSP 557 RSC-1667GTAEAASASGASSRATNESPAGLTGEPGSP 558 RSC-1709GTAEAASASGASSRGENPPPGGLTGPPGSP 559 RSC-1712GTAEAASASGAASRGTNTGPAELTGSPGSP 560 RSC-1727GTAEAASASGAGSRTTNAGPGGLEGPPGSP 561 RSC-1754GTAEAASASGAPSRGENAGPATLTGAPGSP 562 RSC-1819GTAEAASASGESGRAANTGPPTLTAPPGSP 563 RSC-1832GTAEAASASGNPGRAANEGPPGLPGSPGSP 564 RSC-1855GTAEAASASGESSRAANLTPPELTGPPGSP 565 RSC-1911GTAEAASASGASGRAANETPPGLTGAPGSP 566 RSC-1929GTAEAASASGNSGRGENLGAPGLTGTPGSP 567 RSC-1951GTAEAASASGTTGRAANLTPAGLTGPPGSP 568 RSC-2295GTAEAASASGEAGRSANHTPAGLTGPPGSP 569 RSC-2298GTAEAASASGESGRAANTTPAGLTGPPGSP 570 RSC-2038GTAEAASASGTTGRATEAANLTPAGLTGPPGSP 571 RSC-2072GTAEAASASGTTGRAEEAANLTPAGLTGPPGSP 572 RSC-2089GTAEAASASGTTGRAGEAANLTPAGLTGPPGSP 573 RSC-2302GTAEAASASGTTGRATEAANATPAGLTGPPGSP 574 RSC-3047GTAEAASASGTTGRAGEAEGATSAGATGPPGSP 575 RSC-3052GTAEAASASGTTGEAGEAANATSAGATGPPGSP 576 RSC-3043GTAEAASASGTTGEAGEAAGLTPAGLTGPPGSP 577 RSC-3041GTAEAASASGTTGAAGEAANATPAGLTGPPGSP 578 RSC-3044GTAEAASASGTTGRAGEAAGLTPAGLTGPPGSP 579 RSC-3057GTAEAASASGTTGRAGEAANATSAGATGPPGSP 580 RSC-3058GTAEAASASGTTGEAGEAAGATSAGATGPPGSP 581 RSC-2485GTAEAASASGESGRAANTEPPELGAGPGSP 582 RSC-2486GTAEAASASGESGRAANTAPEGLTGPPGSP 583 RSC-2488GTAEAASASGEPGRAANHEPSGLTEGPGSP 584 RSC-2599GTAEAASASGESGRAANHTGAPPGGLTGPPGSP 585 RSC-2706GTAEAASASGTTGRTGEGANATPGGLTGPPGSP 586 RSC-2707GTAEAASASGRTGRSGEAANETPEGLEGPPGSP 587 RSC-2708GTAEAASASGRTGRTGESANETPAGLGGPPGSP 588 RSC-2709GTAEAASASGSTGRTGEPANETPAGLSGPPGSP 589 RSC-2710GTAEAASASGTTGRAGEPANATPTGLSGPPGSP 590 RSC-2711GTAEAASASGRTGRPGEGANATPTGLPGPPGSP 591 RSC-2712GTAEAASASGRTGRGGEAANATPSGLGGPPGSP 592 RSC-2713GTAEAASASGSTGRSGESANATPGGLGGPPGSP 593 RSC-2714GTAEAASASGRTGRTGEEANATPAGLPGPPGSP 594 RSC-2715GTAEAASASGATGRPGEPANTTPEGLEGPPGSP 595 RSC-2716GTAEAASASGSTGRSGEPANATPGGLTGPPGSP 596 RSC-2717GTAEAASASGPTGRGGEGANTTPTGLPGPPGSP 597 RSC-2718GTAEAASASGPTGRSGEGANATPSGLTGPPGSP 598 RSC-2719GTAEAASASGTTGRASEGANSTPAPLTEPPGSP 599 RSC-2720GTAEAASASGTYGRAAEAANTTPAGLTAPPGSP 600 RSC-2721GTAEAASASGTTGRATEGANATPAELTEPPGSP 601 RSC-2722GTAEAASASGTVGRASEEANTTPASLTGPPGSP 602 RSC-2723GTAEAASASGTTGRAPEAANATPAPLTGPPGSP 603 RSC-2724GTAEAASASGTWGRATEPANATPAPLTSPPGSP 604 RSC-2725GTAEAASASGTVGRASESANATPAELTSPPGSP 605 RSC-2726GTAEAASASGTVGRAPEGANSTPAGLTGPPGSP 606 RSC-2727GTAEAASASGTWGRATEAPNLEPATLTTPPGSP 607 RSC-2728GTAEAASASGTTGRATEAPNLTPAPLTEPPGSP 608 RSC-2729GTAEAASASGTQGRATEAPNLSPAALTSPPGSP 609 RSC-2730GTAEAASASGTQGRAAEAPNLTPATLTAPPGSP 610 RSC-2731GTAEAASASGTSGRAPEATNLAPAPLTGPPGSP 611 RSC-2732GTAEAASASGTQGRAAEAANLTPAGLTEPPGSP 612 RSC-2733GTAEAASASGTTGRAGSAPNLPPTGLTTPPGSP 613 RSC-2734GTAEAASASGTTGRAGGAENLPPEGLTAPPGSP 614 RSC-2735GTAEAASASGTTSRAGTATNLTPEGLTAPPGSP 615 RSC-2736GTAEAASASGTTGRAGTATNLPPSGLTTPPGSP 616 RSC-2737GTAEAASASGTTARAGEAENLSPSGLTAPPGSP 617 RSC-2738GTAEAASASGTTGRAGGAGNLAPGGLTEPPGSP 618 RSC-2739GTAEAASASGTTGRAGTATNLPPEGLTGPPGSP 619 RSC-2740GTAEAASASGTTGRAGGAANLAPTGLTEPPGSP 620 RSC-2741GTAEAASASGTTGRAGTAENLAPSGLTTPPGSP 621 RSC-2742GTAEAASASGTTGRAGSATNLGPGGLTGPPGSP 622 RSC-2743GTAEAASASGTTARAGGAENLTPAGLTEPPGSP 623 RSC-2744GTAEAASASGTTARAGSAENLSPSGLTGPPGSP 624 RSC-2745GTAEAASASGTTARAGGAGNLAPEGLTTPPGSP 625 RSC-2746GTAEAASASGTTSRAGAAENLTPTGLTGPPGSP 626 RSC-2747GTAEAASASGTYGRTTTPGNEPPASLEAEPGSP 627 RSC-2748GTAEAASASGTYSRGESGPNEPPPGLTGPPGSP 628 RSC-2749GTAEAASASGAWGRTGASENETPAPLGGEPGSP 629 RSC-2750GTAEAASASGRWGRAETTPNTPPEGLETEPGSP 630 RSC-2751GTAEAASASGESGRAANHTGAEPPELGAGPGSP 631 RSC-2754GTAEAASASGTTGRAGEAANLTPAGLTESPGSP 632 RSC-2755GTAEAASASGTTGRAGEAANLTPAALTESPGSP 633 RSC-2756GTAEAASASGTTGRAGEAANLTPAPLTESPGSP 634 RSC-2757GTAEAASASGTTGRAGEAANLTPEPLTESPGSP 635 RSC-2758GTAEAASASGTTGRAGEAANLTPAGLTGAPGSP 636 RSC-2759GTAEAASASGTTGRAGEAANLTPEGLTGAPGSP 637 RSC-2760GTAEAASASGTTGRAGEAANLTPEPLTGAPGSP 638 RSC-2761GTAEAASASGTTGRAGEAANLTPAGLTEAPGSP 639 RSC-2762GTAEAASASGTTGRAGEAANLTPEGLTEAPGSP 640 RSC-2763GTAEAASASGTTGRAGEAANLTPAPLTEAPGSP 641 RSC-2764GTAEAASASGTTGRAGEAANLTPEPLTEAPGSP 642 RSC-2765GTAEAASASGTTGRAGEAANLTPEPLTGPPGSP 643 RSC-2766GTAEAASASGTTGRAGEAANLTPAGLTGGPGSP 644 RSC-2767GTAEAASASGTTGRAGEAANLTPEGLTGGPGSP 645 RSC-2768GTAEAASASGTTGRAGEAANLTPEALTGGPGSP 646 RSC-2769GTAEAASASGTTGRAGEAANLTPEPLTGGPGSP 647 RSC-2770GTAEAASASGTTGRAGEAANLTPAGLTEGPGSP 648 RSC-2771GTAEAASASGTTGRAGEAANLTPEGLTEGPGSP 649 RSC-2772GTAEAASASGTTGRAGEAANLTPAPLTEGPGSP 650 RSC-2773GTAEAASASGTTGRAGEAANLTPEPLTEGPGSP 651 RSC-3047GTAEAASASGTTGRAGEAEGATSAGATGPPGSP 575 RSC-2783GTAEAASASGEAGRSAEATSAGATGPPGSP 652 RSC-3107GTAEAASASGSASGTYSRGESGPGSPPGSP 653 RSC-3103GTAEAASASGSASGEAGRTDTHPGSPPGSP 654 RSC-3102GTAEAASASGSASGEPGRAAEHPGSPPGSP 655 RSC-3119GTAEAASASGSPAGESSRGTTIAGSPPGSP 656 RSC-3043GTAEAASASGTTGEAGEAAGLTPAGLTGPPGSP 577 RSC-2789GTAEAASASGEAGESAGATPAGLTGPPGSP 657 RSC-3109GTAEAASASGSASGAPLELEAGPGSPPGSP 658 RSC-3110GTAEAASASGSASGEPPELGAGPGSPPGSP 659 RSC-3111GTAEAASASGSASGEPSGLTEGPGSPPGSP 660 RSC-3112GTAEAASASGSASGTPAPLTEPPGSPPGSP 661 RSC-3113GTAEAASASGSASGTPAELTEPPGSPPGSP 662 RSC-3114GTAEAASASGSASGPPPGLTGPPGSPPGSP 663 RSC-3115GTAEAASASGSASGTPAPLGGEPGSPPGSP 664 RSC-3125GTAEAASASGSPAGAPEGLTGPAGSPPGSP 665 RSC-3126GTAEAASASGSPAGPPEGLETEAGSPPGSP 666 RSC-3127GTAEAASASGSPTSGQGGLTGPGSEPPGSP 667 RSC-3131GTAEAASASGSESAPPEGLETESTEPPGSP 668 RSC-3132GTAEAASASGSEGSEPLELGAASETPPGSP 669 RSC-3133GTAEAASASGSEGSGPAGLEAPSETPPGSP 670 RSC-3138GTAEAASASGSEPTPPASLEAEPGSPPGSP 671

In another aspect, the release segments (either RS1 and/or RS2) forincorporation into the polypeptides of any of the subject compositionembodiments described herein can be designed to be selectively sensitivein order to have different rates of cleavage and different cleavageefficiencies to the various proteases for which they are substrates. Asa given protease may be found in different concentrations in diseasedtissues, including but not limited to a tumor, a blood cancer, or aninflammatory tissue or site of inflammation compared to healthy tissuesor in the circulation, the disclosure provides RS that have had theindividual amino acid sequences engineered to have a higher or lowercleavage efficiency for a given protease in order to ensure that thepolypeptide is preferentially converted from the prodrug form to theactive form (i.e., by the separation and release of the antigen bindingfragments and XTEN from the polypeptide after cleavage of the releasesegment) when in proximity to the target cell or tissue and itsco-localized proteases compared to the rate of cleavage of the releasesegment in healthy tissue or the circulation such that the releasedantigen binding fragments have a greater ability to bind to ligands inthe diseased tissues compared to the prodrug form that remains incirculation. By such selective designs, the therapeutic index of theresulting compositions can be improved, resulting in reduced sideeffects relative to convention therapeutics that do not incorporate suchsite-specific activation.

As used herein cleavage efficiency is defined as the log₂ value of theratio of the percentage of the test substrate comprising the releasesegment cleaved to the percentage of the control substrate RSR-1517(AC1611) cleaved when each is subjected to the protease enzyme inbiochemical assays (further detailed in the Examples) in which thereaction is conducted wherein the initial substrate concentration is 6µM, the reactions are incubated at 37° C. for 2 hours before beingstopped (e.g., by adding EDTA), with the amount of digestion productsand uncleaved substrate analyzed by non-reducing SDS-PAGE to establishthe ratio of the percentage of the release segments cleaved. Thecleavage efficiency is calculated as follows:

$Log_{2}\left( \frac{\%\mspace{6mu} Cleaved\mspace{6mu} for\mspace{6mu} substrate\mspace{6mu} of\mspace{6mu} interest}{\%\mspace{6mu} cleaved\mspace{6mu} for\mspace{6mu} AC1611\mspace{6mu} in\mspace{6mu} the\mspace{6mu} same\mspace{6mu} experiment} \right)$

Thus, a cleavage efficiency of -1 means that the amount of testsubstrate cleaved was 50% compared to that of the control substrate,while a cleavage efficiency of +1 means that the amount of testsubstrate cleaved was 200% compared to that of the control substrate. Ahigher rate of cleavage by the test protease relative to the controlwould result in a higher cleavage efficiency, and a slower rate ofcleavage by the test protease relative to the control would result in alower cleavage efficiency. As detailed in the Examples, a control RSsequence AC1611 (RSR-1517), having the amino acid sequenceEAGRSANHEPLGLVAT (SEQ ID NO: 53), was established as having anappropriate baseline cleavage efficiency by the proteases legumain,MMP-2, MMP-7, MMP-9, MMP-14, uPA, and matriptase, when tested in invitro biochemical assays for rates of cleavage by the individualproteases. By selective substitution of amino acids at individuallocations in the RS peptides, libraries of RS were created and evaluatedagainst the panel of the 7 proteases (detailed more fully in theExamples), resulting in profiles that were used to establish guidelinesfor appropriate amino acid substitutions in order to achieve RS withdesired cleavage efficiencies. In making RS with desired cleavageefficiencies, substitutions using the hydrophilic amino acids A, E, G,P, S, and T are preferred, however other L-amino acids can besubstituted at given positions in order to adjust the cleavageefficiency so long as the release segment retains at least somesusceptibility to cleavage by a protease.

IV). XTEN Polypeptides

In another aspect, the disclosure relates to polypeptides comprising atleast a first extended recombinant polypeptide (XTEN) that isincorporated into the subject composition embodiments described herein,thereby both increasing the mass and size of the construct, and alsoserving to greatly reduce the ability of the antigen binding fragmentsto bind their ligands when the molecule is in the intact, uncleavedstate, as described more fully below. In some embodiments, thedisclosure provides a polypeptide comprising a single XTEN fused to theterminus of the RS that is located between the antigen binding fragmentand the XTEN. In other embodiments, the disclosure provides apolypeptide comprising a first and a second XTEN (XTEN1 and XTEN2) fusedto the N- and C-terminus of an RS1 and RS2, respectively, that arelocated between each antigen binding fragment and the XTEN.

Without being bound by theory, the incorporation of the XTEN can beincorporated into the design of the subject compositions to confercertain properties: 1) provide polypeptide compositions with an XTENthat shields the antigen binding fragments and reduces their bindingaffinity for the target cell markers and effector cell antigens when thecomposition is in its intact, prodrug form; ii) provide polypeptidecompositions with an XTEN that provides enhanced half-life whenadministered to a subject, iii) contribute to the solubility andstability of the intact composition, thereby enhancing thepharmaceutical properties of the subject compositions; and iv) providepolypeptide compositions with an XTEN that reduces extravasation innormal tissues and organs yet permits a degree of extravasation indiseased tissues (e.g., a tumor) with larger pore sizes in thevasculature, yet could be released from the composition by action ofcertain mammalian proteases, thereby permitting the antigen bindingfragments of the composition to more readily penetrate into the diseasedtissues, e.g. a tumor, and to bind to and link together the target cellmarkers on the effector cell and tumor cell. To meet these needs, thedisclosure provides compositions comprising one or more XTEN in whichthe XTEN provides increased mass and hydrodynamic radius to theresulting composition. The XTEN polypeptides of the embodiments providecertain advantages in the design of the subject compositions in that isprovides not only provides increased mass and hydrodynamic radius to thecomposition, but its flexible, unstructured characteristics can providea shielding effect over the antigen binding fragments of thecomposition, thereby reducing the binding to antigens in normal tissuesor the vasculature of normal tissues that don’t express or expressreduced levels of target cell markers and/or effector cell antigens.Additionally, the incorporation of XTEN into the subject compositionscan enhance the solubility and proper folding of the single chainantibody binding fragments during their expression and recovery.

XTEN are polypeptides with non-naturally occurring, substantiallynon-repetitive sequences having a low degree or no secondary or tertiarystructure under physiologic conditions, as well as one or moreadditional properties described in the paragraphs that follow. In someembodiments, the present disclosure provides polypeptides comprising oneor more XTEN having from at least about 36, 72, 96, 100, 144, 200, 288,292, 293, 300, 576, 584, 800, 864, 867, 868, 900, or at least about 1000or more amino acids. In one embodiment, the present disclosure providesa polypeptide comprising an XTEN1 wherein the XTEN1 is characterized inthat it has at least about 36 amino acid residues wherein at least 90%,91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% of the amino acidresidues of the XTEN1 sequence are selected from glycine (G), alanine(A), serine (S), threonine (T), glutamate (E) and proline (P) and it hasat least 4-6 different amino acids selected from G, A, S, T, E and P. Insome embodiments, the present disclosure provides polypeptidescomprising an XTEN1 having at least about 36 to about 1000, or at least100 to about 900, or at least about 144 to about 868, or at least about288-868 amino acid residues. In other cases, the present disclosureprovides polypeptides comprising an XTEN1 having at least about 36 toabout 1000, or at least 100 to about 900, or at least about 144 to about868, or at least about 288-868 amino acid residues wherein 90%, 91%,92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or 100% of the amino acidresidues are selected from 4-6 types of amino acids selected from thegroup consisting of glycine (G), alanine (A), serine (S), threonine (T),glutamate (E) and proline (P). In other cases, the present disclosureprovides polypeptides comprising an XTEN1 wherein the XTEN1 ischaracterized in that it has at least about 36 to about 1000 amino acidresidues, at least 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or100% of the amino acid residues of the XTEN1 sequence are selected fromsix types of amino acids selected from glycine (G), alanine (A), serine(S), threonine (T), glutamate (E) and proline (P).

In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides polypeptides ofany of the embodiments described herein comprising an XTEN1 wherein theXTEN1 is characterized in that it has at least about 36 to about 1000,or at least about 100 to about 900, or at least 144 to about 868 aminoacid residues, wherein at least 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%,98%, 99% or 100% of the amino acid residues of the XTEN1 sequence areselected from at least three of the sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 672-675. Insome cases, the XTEN 1 sequence can be assembled by any combination ofthe 12 amino acid units of SEQ ID NOS: 672-675 such that any length ofat least 36 amino acids or longer, in 12 amino acid increments, can beachieved; e.g., 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, 96 amino acids, etc. In other cases,the polypeptides of any of the subject composition embodiments describedherein can comprise an XTEN1 wherein the XTEN1 is characterized in thatit has at least about 36 to about 1000, or at least about 100 to about900, or at least 144 to about 868 amino acid residues, wherein at least90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% of the aminoacid residues of the XTEN1 sequence are selected from the sequences ofSEQ ID NOS: 676-734. In another embodiment, the XTEN of any of thesubject composition embodiments described herein can have an affinitytag of HHHHHH (SEQ ID NO: 794), HHHHHHHH (SEQ ID NO: 795), or thesequence EPEA (SEQ ID NO: 796) appended to the N- or C-terminus of theXTEN of the composition to facilitate the purification of thecomposition to at least 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, orat least 99% purity by chromatography methods known in the art; e.g.,IMAC chromatography or C-tagXL chromatography, or methods described inthe Examples, below.

In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a polypeptidecomprising an XTEN1 wherein the XTEN1 comprises an amino acid sequencehaving at least about 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%,or 100% sequence identity to an AE36 (comprising a sequence selectedfrom any three of the sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 672-675), or a sequenceselected from the sequences of AE144_1A, AE144_2A, AE144_2B, AE144_3A,AE144_3B, AE144_4A, AE144_4B, AE144_5A, AE144_6B, AE144_7A, AE284,AE288_1, AE288_2, AE288_3, AE292, AE293, AE576, AE584, AE864, AE864_2,AE865, AE866, AE867, and AE868, each of which being set forth in Table7.

In some aspects of any of the embodiments disclosed herein, a subjectpolypeptide comprises an XTEN1 and an XTEN2. The configurations of thepolypeptides comprising XTEN1 and XTEN2, amongst the other components,are described herein, below. In one embodiment, the present disclosureprovides a polypeptide comprising an XTEN1 and an XTEN2 wherein theXTEN2 is characterized in that it has at least about 36 to about 1000amino acid residues, wherein at least 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%,97%, 98%, 99% or 100% of the amino acid residues of the XTEN2 sequenceare selected from at least three of the sequences of SEQ ID NOS:672-675. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides apolypeptide comprising an XTEN1 and an XTEN2 wherein the XTEN 1 and theXTEN2 are each characterized in that it has at least about 36 to about1000 amino acid residues, wherein at least 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%,96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% of the amino acid residues of the XTEN2sequence are selected from the sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 676-734. Inanother embodiment, the polypeptides of any of the subject compositionembodiments described herein can comprise an XTEN1 and an XTEN2 whereinthe XTEN 1 and the XTEN2 each comprises an amino acid sequence having atleast about 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or 100%sequence identity to a sequence selected from the sequences of AE144_1A,AE144_2A, AE144_2B, AE144_3A, AE144_3B, AE144_4A, AE144_4B, AE144_5A,AE144_6B, AE144_7A, AE284, AE288_1, AE288_2, AE288_3, AE292, AE293,AE576, AE584, AE864, AE864_2, AE865, AE866, AE867, and AE868, each ofwhich being set forth in Table 7. In some cases of the foregoingembodiments of the paragraph, the XTEN1 and XTEN 2 are identical. Inother cases of the foregoing embodiments of the paragraph, the XTEN1 andXTEN2 of the foregoing embodiments of the paragraph have different aminoacid sequences. In some cases, the XTEN1 of any of the polypeptidecomposition embodiments having 2 XTENs is fused to the C-terminus of thepolypeptide and is selected from the group consisting of AE293, AE300,AE584 and AEAE868. In other cases, the XTEN2 of any of the polypeptidecomposition embodiments having 2 XTENs is fused to the N-terminus of thepolypeptide and is selected from the group consisting of AE144_7A,AE292, AE576, and AE864. In other cases, the XTEN1 of any of thepolypeptide composition embodiments having 2 XTENs is fused to theC-terminus of the polypeptide and is selected from the group consistingof AE293, AE300, AE584 and AEAE868 and the XTEN 2 is fused to theN-terminus and is selected from the group consisting of AE144_7A, AE292,AE576, and AE864.

TABLE 6 XTEN Sequence Motifs Motif Name Amino Acid Sequence SEQ ID NO:AE1 GSPAGSPTSTEE 672 AE2 GSEPATSGSETP 673 AE3 GTSESATPESGP 674 AE4GTSTEPSEGSAP 675

TABLE 7 XTEN Sequences XTEN Name Amino Acid Sequence SEQ ID NO: AE144GSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSTEPSEGSAP 676 AE144_1 ASPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPG 677 AE144_2 ATSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPG 678 AE144_2 BTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPG 679 AE144_3 ASPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPG 680 AE144_3 BSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPG 681 AE144_4 ATSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPG 682 AE144_4 BTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPG 683 AE144_5 ATSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEG 684 AE144_6 BTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPG 685 AE288_1GTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSES 686ATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAP AE288_2GSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAP 687 AE576GSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAP 688 AE624MAEPAGSPTSTEEGTPGSGTASSSPGSSTPSGATGSPGASPGTSSTGSPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAP 689 AE864GSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATP ESGPGTSTEPSEGSAP690 AE865 GGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGS 691APGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESAT PESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPAE866 PGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESAT PESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPG692 AE1152 GSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAP 693 AE144ASTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGS 694 AE144BSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPG 695 AE180ATSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGS 696APGTSTEPSEGSAPGSEPATS AE216APESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSEPATSGSETPGTS ESAT 697 AE252AESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSE 698 AE288ATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESA 699 AE324APESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPG SEPATS 700 AE360APESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESAT 701 AE396APESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPS 702 AE432AEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSA PGSEPATS 703AE468A EGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESAT 704 AE504AEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAP 705GSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPS AE540ATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSE GSAPGTSTEP 706AE576A TPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESA 707 AE612AGSETPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESAT 708 AE648APESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSEPATS GSETPGTSESAT 709AE684A EGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTE 710PSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSEPATS AE720ATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTE 711 AE756ATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSE PATSGSETPGTSES 712AE792A EGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPS 713 AE828APESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGS 714APGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESAT AE869GSPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGR 715 AE144_R 1SAGSPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTESASR 716 AE288 _R 1SAGSPTGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPSASR 717 AE432_R 1SAGSPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTE EGTESASR 718AE576_R 1 SAGSPTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEP 719SEGSAPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPSASR AE864_R 1SAGSPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSEPATSGSETPGTS ESATPESGPGTESASR720 AE712 PGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEAHHH 721 AE864_R 2GSPGAGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSEPATSGSETPGTS ESATPESGPGTESASR722 AE288_3 SPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPG 723 AE284GTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSE 724TPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSE AE292SPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGGSAP 725 AE864_2AGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESG PGTSTEPSEGAAEPEA726 AE867 GSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGAAEPEA 727 AE867_2SPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATP 728ESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPG AE868PGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGAAEPEA 729 AE144_7 AGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAP 730 AE292SPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGGSAP 731 AE293PGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPEGAAEPEA 732 AE300PGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGAAEPEA 733 AE584PGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGAAEPE A 734

The disclosure contemplates compositions of any of the embodimentsdescribed herein comprising XTEN of intermediate lengths to those ofTable 7, as well as XTEN of longer lengths than those of Table 7, suchas those in which motifs of 12 amino acids of Table 6 are added to theN- or C- terminus of an XTEN of Table 7.

In another embodiment, the disclosure contemplates polypeptidecompositions of any of the embodiments described herein comprising anXTEN1 and an XTEN2 that can further comprise a His tag of HHHHHH (SEQ IDNO: 794) or HHHHHHHH (SEQ ID NO: 795) at the N-terminus and/or thesequence EPEA (SEQ ID NO: 796) at the C-terminus, respectively, of thepolypeptide composition to facilitate the purification of thecomposition to at least 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, orat least 99% purity by chromatography methods known in the art,including but not limited to IMAC chromatography, C-tagXL affinitymatrix, and other such methods, including but not limited to thosedescribed in the Examples, below.

Additional examples of XTEN sequences that can be used according to thepresent disclosure and are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Publication Nos.2010/0239554 A1, 2010/0323956 A1, 2011/0046060 A1, 2011/0046061 A1,2011/0077199 A1, or 2011/0172146 A1, or International Pat. PublicationNos. WO 2010091122 A1, WO 2010144502 A2, WO 2010144508 A1, WO 2011028228A1, WO 2011028229 A1, WO 2011028344 A2, WO 2014/011819 A2, or WO2015/023891.

V). CD3 Cell Antigen Binding Fragments

In another aspect, the disclosure relates to antigen binding fragments(AF2) having specific binding affinity for an effector cell antigen thatcan be incorporated into any of the subject composition embodimentsdescribed herein. In some cases, the effector cell antigen is expressedon the surface of an effector cell selected from a plasma cell, a Tcell, a B cell, a cytokine induced killer cell (CIK cell), a mast cell,a dendritic cell, a regulatory T cell (RegT cell), a helper T cell, amyeloid cell, and a NK cell.

Various AF2 that bind effector cell antigens have particular utility forpairing with an antigen binding fragment with binding affinity to EGFRantigens associated with a diseased cell or tissue in compositionformats in order to effect cell killing of the diseased cell or tissue.Binding specificity can be determined by complementarity determiningregions, or CDRs, such as light chain CDRs or heavy chain CDRs. In manycases, binding specificity is determined by light chain CDRs and heavychain CDRs. A given combination of heavy chain CDRs and light chain CDRsprovides a given binding pocket that confers greater affinity and/orspecificity towards an effector cell antigen as compared to otherreference antigens. The resulting bispecific compositions, having afirst antigen binding fragment (AF1) to EGFR linked by a short, flexiblepeptide linker to a second antigen binding fragment (AF2) with bindingspecificity to an effector cell antigen are bispecific, with eachantigen binding fragment having specific binding affinity to theirrespective ligands. It will be understood that in such compositions, anAF1 directed against an EGFR of a disease tissue is used in combinationwith a AF2 directed towards an effector cell marker in order to bring aneffector cell in close proximity to the cell of a disease tissue inorder to effect the cytolysis of the cell of the diseased tissue.Further, the AF1 and AF2 are incorporated into the specifically designedpolypeptides comprising cleavable release segments and XTEN in order toconfer prodrug characteristics on the compositions that becomesactivated by release of the fused AF1 and AF2 upon the cleavage of therelease segments when in proximity to the disease tissue havingproteases capable of cleaving the release segments in one or morelocations in the release segment sequence.

In one embodiment, the AF2 of the subject compositions has bindingaffinity for an effector cell antigen expressed on the surface of a Tcell. In another embodiment, the AF2 of the subject compositions hasbinding affinity for CD3. In another embodiment, the AF2 of the subjectcompositions has binding affinity for a member of the CD3 complex, whichincludes in individual form or independently combined form all known CD3subunits of the CD3 complex; for example, CD3 epsilon, CD3 delta, CD3gamma, CD3 zeta, CD3 alpha and CD3 beta. In another embodiment, the AF2has binding affinity for CD3 epsilon, CD3 delta, CD3 gamma, CD3 zeta,CD3 alpha or CD3 beta.

The origin of the antigen binding fragments contemplated by thedisclosure can be derived from a naturally occurring antibody orfragment thereof, a non-naturally occurring antibody or fragmentthereof, a humanized antibody or fragment thereof, a synthetic antibodyor fragment thereof, a hybrid antibody or fragment thereof, or anengineered antibody or fragment thereof. Methods for generating anantibody for a given target marker are well known in the art. Forexample, the monoclonal antibodies may be made using the hybridomamethod first described by Kohler et al., Nature, 256:495 (1975), or maybe made by recombinant DNA methods (U.S. Pat. No. 4,816,567). Thestructure of antibodies and fragments thereof, variable regions of heavyand light chains of an antibody (VH and VL), single chain variableregions (scFv), complementarity determining regions (CDR), and domainantibodies (dAbs) are well understood. Methods for generating apolypeptide having a desired antigen binding fragment with bindingaffinity to a given antigen are known in the art.

It will be understood that use of the term antigen binding fragments forthe composition embodiments disclosed herein is intended to includeportions or fragments of antibodies that retain the ability to bind theantigens that are the ligands of the corresponding intact antibody. Insuch embodiments, the antigen binding fragment can be, but is notlimited to, CDRs and intervening framework regions, variable orhypervariable regions of light and/or heavy chains of an antibody (VL,VH), variable fragments (Fv), Fab′ fragments, F(ab′)2 fragments, Fabfragments, single chain antibodies (scAb), VHH camelid antibodies,single chain variable fragment (scFv), linear antibodies, a singledomain antibody, complementarity determining regions (CDR), domainantibodies (dAbs), single domain heavy chain immunoglobulins of the BHHor BNAR type, single domain light chain immunoglobulins, or otherpolypeptides known in the art containing a fragment of an antibodycapable of binding an antigen. The antigen binding fragments havingCDR-H and CDR-L can be configured in a (CDR-H)-(CDR-L) or a(CDR-H)-(CDR-L) orientation, N-terminus to C-terminus. The VL and VH oftwo antigen binding fragments can also be configured in a single chaindiabody configuration; i.e., the VL and VH of the AF1 and AF2 configuredwith linkers of an appropriate length to permit arrangement as adiabody.

Various CD3 binding AF2 of the disclosure have been specificallymodified to enhance their stability in the polypeptide embodimentsdescribed herein. Protein aggregation of antibodies continues to be asignificant problem in their developability and remains a major area offocus in antibody production. Antibody aggregation can be triggered bypartial unfolding of its domains, leading to monomer-monomer associationfollowed by nucleation and aggregate growth. Although the aggregationpropensities of antibodies and antibody-based proteins can be affectedby the external experimental conditions, they are strongly dependent onthe intrinsic antibody properties as determined by their sequences andstructures. Although it is well known that proteins are only marginallystable in their folded states, it is often less well appreciated thatmost proteins are inherently aggregation-prone in their unfolded orpartially unfolded states, and the resulting aggregates can be extremelystable and long-lived. Reduction in aggregation propensity has also beenshown to be accompanied by an increase in expression titer, showing thatreducing protein aggregation is beneficial throughout the developmentprocess and can lead to a more efficient path to clinical studies. Fortherapeutic proteins, aggregates are a significant risk factor fordeleterious immune responses in patients, and can form via a variety ofmechanisms. Controlling aggregation can improve protein stability,manufacturability, attrition rates, safety, formulation, titers,immunogenicity, and solubility. The intrinsic properties of proteinssuch as size, hydrophobicity, electrostatics and charge distributionplay important roles in protein solubility. Low solubility oftherapeutic proteins due to surface hydrophobicity has been shown torender formulation development more difficult and may lead to poorbiodistribution, undesirable pharmacokinetics behavior andimmunogenicity in vivo. Decreasing the overall surface hydrophobicity ofcandidate monoclonal antibodies can also provide benefits and costsavings relating to purification and dosing regimens. Individual aminoacids can be identified by structural analysis as being contributory toaggregation potential in an antibody, and can be located in CDR as wellas framework regions. In particular, residues can be predicted to be athigh risk of causing hydrophobicity issues in a given antibody. In oneembodiment, the present disclosure provides an AF2 having the capabilityto specifically bind CD3 in which the AF2 has at least one amino acidsubstitution of a hydrophobic amino acid in a framework region relativeto the parental antibody or antibody fragment wherein the hydrophobicamino acid is selected from isoleucine, leucine or methionine. Inanother embodiment, the CD3 AF2 has at least two amino acidsubstitutions of hydrophobic amino acids in one or more frameworkregions wherein the hydrophobic amino acids are selected fromisoleucine, leucine or methionine.

The isoelectric point (pI) is the pH at which the antibody or antibodyfragment has no net electrical charge. If the pH is below the pI of anantibody or antibody fragment, then it will have a net positive charge.A greater positive charge tends to correlate with increased bloodclearance and tissue retention, with a generally shorter half-life. Ifthe pH is greater than the pI of an antibody or antibody fragment itwill have a negative charge. A negative charge generally results indecreased tissue uptake and a longer half-life. It is possible tomanipulate this charge through mutations to the framework residues.These considerations informed the design of the sequences of the AF2 ofthe embodiments described herein wherein individual amino acidsubstitutions were made relative to the parental antibody utilized asthe starting point. The isoelectric point of a polypeptide can bedetermined mathematically (e.g., computationally) or experimentally inan in vitro assay. The isoelectric point (pI) is the pH at which aprotein has a net charge of zero and can be calculated using the chargesfor the specific amino acids in the protein sequence. Estimated valuesfor the charges are called acid dissociation constants or pKa values andare used to calculate the pI. The pI can be determined in vitro bymethods such as capillary isoelectric focusing (see Datta-Mannan, A., etal. The interplay of non-specific binding, target-mediated clearance andFcRn interactions on the pharmacokinetics of humanized antibodies. mAbs7:1084 (2015); Li, B., et al. Framework selection can influencepharmacokinetics of a humanized therapeutic antibody through differencesin molecule charge. mAbs 6, 1255-1264 (2014)) or other methods known inthe art. In some embodiments, the isoelectric points of the AF1 and AF2are designed to be within a particular range of each other, therebypromoting stability.

In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides an AF2 for use in anyof the polypeptide embodiments described herein comprising CDR-L andCDR-H, wherein the AF2 (a) specifically binds to cluster ofdifferentiation 3 T cell receptor (CD3); and (b) comprises CDR-H1,CDR-H2, and CDR-H3, having amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 742, 743,and 744, respectively. In another embodiment, the present disclosureprovides an AF2 for use in any of the polypeptide embodiments describedherein comprising CDR-L and CDR-H, wherein the AF2 (a) specificallybinds to cluster of differentiation 3 T cell receptor (CD3); (b)comprises CDR-H1, CDR-H2, and CDR-H3, having amino acid sequences of SEQID NOS: 742, 743, and 744, respectively; and (c) comprises CDR-L whereinthe CDR-L comprises a CDR-L1 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNOS: 735 or 736, a CDR-L2 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NOS:738 or 739, and a CDR-L3 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:740.In another embodiment, the foregoing AF2 embodiments of the paragraphfurther comprises light chain framework regions (FR-L) and heavy chainframework regions (FR-H) wherein AF2 comprises a FR-L1 exhibiting atleast 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%,99% sequence identity or is identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQID NO:746, a FR-L2 exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%,92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identicalto the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:747, a FR-L3 exhibiting at least86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%sequence identity or is identical to the amino acid sequence of any oneof SEQ ID NOS:748-751, a FR-L4 exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%,90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or isidentical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:754, a FR-H1exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%,96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical to the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:755 or SEQ ID NO:756, a FR-H2 exhibiting at least86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%sequence identity or is identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO:759, a FR-H3 exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%,93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical tothe amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:760; and a FR-H4 exhibiting atleast 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%,99% sequence identity or is identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQID NO:764. In another embodiment, the AF2 for use in any of thepolypeptide embodiments described herein comprises light chain frameworkregions (FR-L) and heavy chain framework regions (FR-H) wherein AF2comprises a FR-L1 exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%,93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical tothe amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:746, a FR-L2 exhibiting at least86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%sequence identity or is identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO:747, a FR-L3 exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%,93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical tothe amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:748, FR-L4 exhibiting at least 86%,87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequenceidentity or is identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:754, aFR-H1 exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%,95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical to the aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO:755, a FR-H2 exhibiting at least 86%, 87%,88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequenceidentity or is identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:759, aFR-H3 exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%,95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical to the aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO:760; and a FR-H4 exhibiting at least 86%,87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequenceidentity or is identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:764. Inanother embodiment, the AF2 for use in any of the polypeptideembodiments described herein comprises light chain framework regions(FR-L) and heavy chain framework regions (FR-H) wherein AF2 comprises aFR-L1 exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%,95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical to the aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO:746, a FR-L2 exhibiting at least 86%, 87%,88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequenceidentity or is identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:747, aFR-L3 exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%,95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical to the aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO:749, a FR-L4 exhibiting at least 86%, 87%,88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequenceidentity or is identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:754, aFR-H1 exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%,95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical to the aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO:755, a FR-H2 exhibiting at least 86%, 87%,88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequenceidentity or is identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:759, aFR-H3 exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%,95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical to the aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO:760; and a FR-H4 exhibiting at least 86%,87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequenceidentity or is identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:764. Inanother embodiment, the AF2 of the subject polypeptide embodimentsdescribed herein comprises light chain framework regions (FR-L) andheavy chain framework regions (FR-H) wherein AF2 comprises a FR-L1exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%,96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical to the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:746, a FR-L2 exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%,89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identityor is identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:747, a FR-L3exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%,96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical to the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:750, a FR-L4 exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%,89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identityor is identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:754, a FR-H1exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%,96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical to the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:755, a FR-H2 exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%,89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identityor is identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:759, a FR-H3exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%,96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical to the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:760, and a FR-H4 exhibiting at least 86%, 87%,88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequenceidentity or is identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:764. Inanother embodiment, the AF2 of the subject polypeptide embodimentsdescribed herein comprises light chain framework regions (FR-L) andheavy chain framework regions (FR-H) wherein AF2 comprises a FR-L1exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%,96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical to the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:746, a FR-L2 exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%,89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identityor is identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:747, a FR-L3exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%,96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical to the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:751, a FR-L4 exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%,89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identityor is identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:754, a FR-H1exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%,96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical to the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:756, a FR-H2 exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%,89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identityor is identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:759, a FR-H3exhibiting at least 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%,96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or is identical to the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:760, and a FR-H4 exhibiting at least 86%, 87%,88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequenceidentity or is identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:764.

In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides an AF2 for use inany of the polypeptide embodiments described herein wherein the AF2comprises a variable heavy (VH) amino acid sequence having at least 90%,91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or isidentical to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:766 or SEQ ID NO:769.In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides an AF2 for use inany of the polypeptide embodiments described herein wherein the AF2comprises a variable light (VL) amino acid sequence having at least 90%,91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identity or isidentical to an amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOS: 765, 767,768, 770, or 771. In another embodiment, the present disclosure providesan AF2 for use in any of the polypeptide embodiments described hereinwherein the AF2 comprises a variable heavy (VH) amino acid sequencehaving at least 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%sequence identity or is identical to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO:766 or SEQ ID NO:769 and a variable light (VL) amino acid sequencehaving at least 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%sequence identity or is identical to an amino acid sequence of any oneof SEQ ID NOS: 765, 767, 768, 770, or 771.

In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides an AF2 for use inany of the polypeptide embodiments described herein wherein the AF2comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%sequence identity or is identical to an amino acid sequence of any oneof SEQ ID NOS:776-780.

In another aspect, the present disclosure provides AF2 antigen bindingfragments that bind to the CD3 protein complex that have enhancedstability compared to CD3 binding antibodies or antigen bindingfragments known in the art. Additionally, the CD3 antigen bindingfragments of the disclosure are designed to confer a higher degree ofstability on the chimeric bispecific antigen binding fragmentcompositions into which they are integrated, leading to improvedexpression and recovery of the fusion protein, increased shelf-life andenhanced stability when administered to a subject. In one approach, theCD3 AF2 of the present disclosure are designed to have a higher degreeof thermal stability compared to certain CD3-binding antibodies andantigen binding fragments known in the art. As a result, the CD3 AF2utilized as components of the chimeric bispecific antigen bindingfragment compositions into which they are integrated exhibit favorablepharmaceutical properties, including high thermostability and lowaggregation propensity, resulting in improved expression and recoveryduring manufacturing and storage, as well promoting long serumhalf-life. Biophysical properties such as thermostability are oftenlimited by the antibody variable domains, which differ greatly in theirintrinsic properties. High thermal stability is often associated withhigh expression levels and other desired properties, including beingless susceptible to aggregation (Buchanan A, et al. Engineering atherapeutic IgG molecule to address cysteinylation, aggregation andenhance thermal stability and expression. MAbs 2013; 5:255). Thermalstability is determined by measuring the “melting temperature” (T_(m)),which is defined as the temperature at which half of the molecules aredenatured. The melting temperature of each heterodimer is indicative ofits thermal stability. In vitro assays to determine T_(m) are known inthe art, including methods described in the Examples, below. The meltingpoint of the heterodimer may be measured using techniques such asdifferential scanning calorimetry (Chen et al (2003) Pharm Res20:1952-60; Ghirlando et al (1999) Immunol Lett 68:47-52).Alternatively, the thermal stability of the heterodimer may be measuredusing circular dichroism (Murray et al. (2002) J. Chromatogr Sci40:343-9), or as described in the Examples, below.

Thermal denaturation curves of the CD3 binding fragments and theanti-CD3 bispecific antibodies comprising said anti-CD3 binding fragmentand a reference binding of the present disclosure show that theconstructs of the present disclosure are more resistant to thermaldenaturation than the antigen binding fragment consisting of a sequenceshown in SEQ ID NO:781 or a control bispecific antibody wherein saidcontrol bispecific antigen binding fragment comprises SEQ ID NO:781 anda reference antigen binding fragment that binds to an EGFR embodimentdescribed herein. In one embodiment, the polypeptides of any of thesubject composition embodiments described herein comprise an anti-CD3AF2 of the embodiments described herein, wherein the T_(m) of the AF2 isat least 2° C. greater, or at least 3° C. greater, or at least 4° C.greater, or at least 5° C. greater, or at least 6° C. greater, or atleast 7° C. greater, or at least 8° C. greater, or at least 9° C.greater, or at least 10° C. greater than the T_(m) of an antigen bindingfragment consisting of a sequence of SEQ ID NO:781, as determined by anincrease in melting temperature in an in vitro assay.

In another embodiment, the polypeptides of any of the subjectcomposition embodiments described herein comprise an AF2 thatspecifically binds human or cyno CD3 with a dissociation constant(K_(d)) constant between about 10 nM and about 400 nM, or between about50 nM and about 350 nM, or between about 100 nM and 300 nM, asdetermined in an in vitro antigen-binding assay comprising a human orcyno CD3 antigen. In another embodiment, the polypeptides of any of thesubject composition embodiments described herein comprise an AF2 thatspecifically binds human or cyno CD3 with a dissociation constant(K_(d)) weaker than about 10 nM, or about 50 nM, or about 100 nM, orabout 150 nM, or about 200 nM, or about 250 nM, or about 300 nM, orabout 350 nM, or weaker than about 400 nM as determined in an in vitroantigen-binding assay. For clarity, an antigen binding fragment with aK_(d) of 400 binds its ligand more weakly than one with a K_(d) of 10nM. In another embodiment, the polypeptides of any of the subjectcomposition embodiments described herein comprise an AF2 thatspecifically binds human or cyno CD3 with at least 2-fold, 3-fold,4-fold, 5-fold, 6-fold, 7-fold, 8-fold, 9-fold, or at least 10-foldweaker binding affinity than an antigen binding fragment consisting ofan amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 781, as determined by therespective dissociation constants (K_(d)) in an in vitro antigen-bindingassays. In another embodiment, the present disclosure providesbispecific polypeptides comprising an AF2 that exhibits a bindingaffinity to CD3 that is at least 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold, 5-fold, 6-fold,7-fold, 8-fold, 9-fold, 10-fold, 20-fold, 50-fold, 100-fold, or at least1000-fold at weaker relative to that of the AF1 EGFR embodimentsdescribed herein that are incorporated into the subject polypeptides, asdetermined by the respective dissociation constants (K_(d)) in an invitro antigen-binding assay. The binding affinity of the subjectcompositions for the target ligands can be assayed using binding orcompetitive binding assays, such as Biacore assays with chip-boundreceptors or binding proteins or ELISA assays, as described in U.S. Pat.5,534,617, assays described in the Examples herein, radio-receptorassays, or other assays known in the art. The binding affinity constantcan then be determined using standard methods, such as Scatchardanalysis, as described by van Zoelen, et al., Trends Pharmacol Sciences(1998) 19)12):487, or other methods known in the art.

In a related aspect, the present disclosure provides AF2 that bind toCD3 and are incorporated into chimeric, bispecific polypeptidecompositions that are designed to have an isoelectric point (pI) thatconfer enhanced stability on the compositions of the disclosure comparedto corresponding compositions comprising CD3 binding antibodies orantigen binding fragments known in the art. In one embodiment, thepolypeptides of any of the subject composition embodiments describedherein comprise AF2 that bind to CD3 wherein the AF2 exhibits a pI thatis between 6.0 and 6.6, inclusive. In another embodiment, thepolypeptides of any of the subject composition embodiments describedherein comprise AF2 that bind to CD3 wherein the AF2 exhibits a pI thatis at least 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, or 1.0 pH unitlower than the pI of a reference antigen binding fragment consisting ofa sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 781. In another embodiment, thepolypeptides of any of the subject composition embodiments describedherein comprise an AF2 that binds to CD3 fused to an AF1 that binds toan EGFR antigen wherein the AF2 exhibits a pI that is within at least0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, or1.5 pH units of the pI of the AF1 that binds EGFR antigen or an epitopethereof. In another embodiment, the polypeptides of any of the subjectcomposition embodiments described herein comprise an AF2 that binds toCD3 fused to an AF1 that binds to an EGFR antigen wherein the AF2exhibits a pI that is within at least about 0.1 to about 1.5, or atleast about 0.3 to about 1.2, or at least about 0.5 to about 1.0, or atleast about 0.7 to about 0.9 pH units of the pI of the AF1. It isspecifically intended that by such design wherein the pI of the twoantigen binding fragments are within such ranges, the resulting fusedantigen binding fragments will confer a higher degree of stability onthe chimeric bispecific antigen binding fragment compositions into whichthey are integrated, leading to improved expression and enhancedrecovery of the fusion protein in soluble, non-aggregated form,increased shelf-life of the formulated chimeric bispecific polypeptidecompositions, and enhanced stability when the composition isadministered to a subject. State differently, having the AF2 and the AF1within a relatively narrow pI range of may allow for the selection of abuffer or other solution in which both the AF2 and AF1 are stable,thereby promoting overall stability of the composition.

In certain embodiments, the VL and VH of the antigen binding fragmentsare fused by relatively long linkers, consisting 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30,31, 32, 33, 34, or 35 hydrophilic amino acids that, when joinedtogether, have a flexible characteristic. In one embodiment, the VL andVH of any of the scFv embodiments described herein are linked byrelatively long linkers of hydrophilic amino acids selected from thesequences

GSGEGSEGEGGGEGSEGEGSGEGGEGEGSG (SEQ ID NO: 790),

TGSGEGSEGEGGGEGSEGEGSGEGGEGEGSGT (SEQ ID NO: 791),

GATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEG (SEQ ID NO: 792), o r

GSAAPTAGTTPSASPAPPTGGSSAAGSPST (SEQ ID NO: 793).

In another embodiment, the AF1 and AF2 are linked together by a shortlinker of hydrophilic amino acids having 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 amino acids.In one embodiment, the short linker sequences are selected from thegroup of sequences SGGGGS (SEQ ID NO: 797), GGGGS (SEQ ID NO: 798),GGSGGS (SEQ ID NO: 799), GGS, or GSP. In another embodiment, thedisclosure provides compositions comprising a single chain diabody inwhich after folding, the first domain (VL or VH) is paired with the lastdomain (VH or VL) to form one scFv and the two domains in the middle arepaired to form the other scFv in which the first and second domains, aswell as the third and last domains, are fused together by one of theforegoing short linkers and the second and the third variable domainsare fused by one of the foregoing relatively long linkers. As will beappreciated by one of skill in the art, the selection of the shortlinker and relatively long linker is to prevent the incorrect pairing ofadj acent variable domains, thereby facilitating the formation of thesingle chain diabody configuration comprising the VL and VH of the firstantigen binding fragment and the second antigen binding fragment.

TABLE 8 CD3 CDR SEQUENCES Construct CDR REGION Amino Acid Sequence SEQID NO: 3.23, 3.30, 3.31, 3.32 CDR-L1 RSSNGAVTSSNYAN 735 3.24 CDR-L1RSSNGEVTTSNYAN 736 3.33, 3.9 CDR-L1 RSSTGAVTTSNYAN 737 3.23, 3.30, 3.31,3.32, 3.9, 3.33 CDR-L2 GTNKRAP 738 3.24 CDR-L2 GTIKRAP 739 3.23, 3.24,3.30, 3.31, 3.32 CDR-L3 ALWYPNLWVF 740 3.33, 3.9 CDR-L3 ALWYSNLWVF 7413.23, 3.24, 3.30, 3.31, 3.32, 3.9, 3.33 CDR-H1 GFTFNTYAMN 742 3.23,3.24, 3.30, 3.31, 3.32, 3.9, 3.33 CDR-H2 RIRSKYNNYATYYADSVKD 743 3.23,3.24, 3.30, 3.31, 3.32 CDR-H3 HENFGNSYVSWFAH 744 3.9, 3.33 CDR-H3HGNFGNSYVSWFAY 745

TABLE 9 CD3 FR SEQUENCES Construct FR REGION Amino Acid Sequence SEQ IDNO: 3.23, 3.24, 3.30, 3.31, 3.32, 3.9, 3.33 FR-L1 ELVVTQEPSLTVSPGGTVTLTC746 3.23, 3.24, 3.30, 3.31, 3.32, 3.9, 3.33 FR-L2 WVQQKPGQAPRGLIG 7473.23, 3.24 FR-L3 GTPARFSGSLLGGKAALTLSGVQPEDEAVYYC 748 3.30 FR-L3GTPARFSGSSLGGKAALTLSGVQPEDEAVYYC 749 3.31 FR-L3GTPARFSGSLLGGSAALTLSGVQPEDEAVYYC 750 3.32 FR-L3GTPARFSGSSLGGSAALTLSGVQPEDEAVYYC 751 3.9 FR-L3GTPARFSGSLLGGKAALTLSGVQPEDEAEYYC 752 3.33 FR-L3GTPARFSGSSLGGSAALTLSGVQPEDEAEYYC 753 3.23, 3.24, 3.30, 3.31, 3.32, 3.9,3.33 FR-L4 GGGTKLTVL 754 3.23, 3.24 FR-H1 EVQLLESGGGIVQPGGSLKLSCAAS 7553.30, 3.31, 3.32 FR-H1 EVQLQESGGGIVQPGGSLKLSCAAS 756 3.33 FR-H1EVQLQESGGGLVQPGGSLKLSCAAS 757 3.9 FR-H1 EVQLLESGGGLVQPGGSLKLSCAAS 7583.23, 3.24, 3.30, 3.31, 3.32, 3.9, 3.33 FR-H2 WVRQAPGKGLEWVA 759 3.23,3.24, 3.30, 3.31, 3.32 FR-H3 RFTISRDDSKNTVYLQMNNLKTEDTAVYYCVR 760 3.9,3.33 FR-H3 RFTISRDDSKNTAYLQMNNLKTEDTAVYYCVR 762 3.23, 3.24, 3.30, 3.31,3.32, 3.9, 3.33 FR-H4 WGQGTLVTVSS 764

TABLE 10 VL & VH SEQUENCES Construct REGION Amino Acid Sequence SEQ ID3.23 VL ELVVTQEPSLTVSPGGTVTLTCRSSNGAVTSSNYANWVQQKPGQAPRGLIGGTNKRAPGTPARFSGSLLGGKAALTLSGVQP EDEAVYYCALWYPNLWVFGGGTKLTVL765 3.23, 3.24 VH EVQLLESGGGIVQPGGSLKLSCAASGFTFNTYAMNWVRQAPGKGLEWVARIRSKYNNYATYYADSVKDRFTISRDDSKNTVYLQMNNLKTEDTAVYYCVRHENFGNSYVSWFAHWGQGTLVTV SS 766 3.24 VLELVVTQEPSLTVSPGGTVTLTCRSSNGEVTTSNYANWVQQKPGQAPRGLIGGTIKRAPGTPARFSGSLLGGKAALTLSGVQP EDEAVYYCALWYPNLWVFGGGTKLTVL767 3.30 VL ELVVTQEPSLTVSPGGTVTLTCRSSNGAVTSSNYANWVQQKPGQAPRGLIGGTNKRAPGTPARFSGSSLGGKAALTLSGVQP EDEAVYYCALWYPNLWVFGGGTKLTVL768 3.30, 3.31, 3.32 VH EVQLQESGGGIVQPGGSLKLSCAASGFTFNTYAMNWVRQAPGKGLEWVARIRSKYNNYATYYADSVKDRFTISRDDSKNTVYLQMNNLKTEDTAVYYCVRHENFGNSYVSWFAHWGQGTLVTV SS 769 3.31 VLELVVTQEPSLTVSPGGTVTLTCRSSNGAVTSSNYANWVQQKPGQAPRGLIGGTNKRAPGTPARFSGSLLGGSAALTLSGVQP EDEAVYYCALWYPNLWVFGGGTKLTVL770 3.32 VL ELVVTQEPSLTVSPGGTVTLTCRSSNGAVTSSNYANWVQQKPGQAPRGLIGGTNKRAPGTPARFSGSSLGGSAALTLSGVQP EDEAVYYCALWYPNLWVFGGGTKLTVL771 3.9 VL ELVVTQEPSLTVSPGGTVTLTCRSSTGAVTTSNYANWVQQKPGQAPRGLIGGTNKRAPGTPARFSGSLLGGKAALTLSGVQP EDEAEYYCALWYSNLWVFGGGTKLTVL772 3.9 VH EVQLLESGGGLVQPGGSLKLSCAASGFTFNTYAMNWVRQAPGKGLEWVARIRSKYNNYATYYADSVKDRFTISRDDSKNTAYLQMNNLKTEDTAVYYCVRHGNFGNSYVSWFAYWGQGTLVTV SS 773 3.33 VLELVVTQEPSLTVSPGGTVTLTCRSSTGAVTTSNYANWVQQKPGQAPRGLIGGTNKRAPGTPARFSGSSLGGSAALTLSGVQP EDEAEYYCALWYSNLWVFGGGTKLTVL774 3.33 VH EVQLQESGGGLVQPGGSLKLSCAASGFTFNTYAMNWVRQAPGKGLEWVARIRSKYNNYATYYADSVKDRFTISRDDSKNTAYLQMNNLKTEDTAVYYCVRHGNFGNSYVSWFAYWGQGTLVTV SS 775

TABLE 11: scFv sequences Construct Amino Acid Sequence SEQ ID NO: 3.23ELVVTQEPSLTVSPGGTVTLTCRSSNGAVTSSNYANWVQQKPGQAPRGLIGGTNKRAPGTPARFSGSLLGGKAALTLSGVQPEDEAVYYCALWYPNLWVFGGGTKLTVLGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGEVQLLESGGGIVQPGGSLKLSCAASGFTFNTYAMNWVRQAPGKGLEWVARIRSKYNNYATYYADSVKDRFTISRDDSKNTVYLQMNNLKTEDTAVYYCVRHENFGNSYVSWFAHWG QGTLVTVSS 776 3.24ELVVTQEPSLTVSPGGTVTLTCRSSNGEVTTSNYANWVQQKPGQAPRGLIGGTIKRAPGTPARFSGSLLGGKAALTLSGVQPEDEAVYYCALWYPNLWVFGGGTKLTVLGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGEVQLLESGGGIVQPGGSLKLSCAASGFTFNTYAMNWVRQAPGKGLEWVARIRSKYNNYATYYADSVKDRFTISRDDSKNTVYLQMNNLKTEDTAVYYCVRHENFGNSYVSWFAHWG QGTLVTVSS 777 3.30ELVVTQEPSLTVSPGGTVTLTCRSSNGAVTSSNYANWVQQKPGQAPRGLIGGTNKRAPGTPARFSGSSLGGKAALTLSGVQPEDEAVYYCALWYPNLWVFGGGTKLTVLGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGEVQLQESGGGIVQPGGSLKLSCAASGFTFNTYAMNWVRQAPGKGLEWVARIRSKYNNYATYYADSVKDRFTISRDDSKNTVYLQMNNLKTEDTAVYYCVRHENFGNSYVSWFAHWG QGTLVTVSS 778 3.31ELVVTQEPSLTVSPGGTVTLTCRSSNGAVTSSNYANWVQQKPGQAPRGLIGGTNKRAPGTPARFSGSLLGGSAALTLSGVQPEDEAVYYCALWYPNLWVFGGGTKLTVLGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGEVQLQESGGGIVQPGGSLKLSCAASGFTFNTYAMNWVRQAPGKGLEWVARIRSKYNNYATYYADSVKDRFTISRDDSKNTVYLQMNNLKTEDTAVYYCVRHENFGNSYVSWFAHWG QGTLVTVSS 779 3.32ELVVTQEPSLTVSPGGTVTLTCRSSNGAVTSSNYANWVQQKPGQAPRGLIGGTNKRAPGTPARFSGSSLGGSAALTLSGVQPEDEAVYYCALWYPNLWVFGGGTKLTVLGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGEVQLQESGGGIVQPGGSLKLSCAASGFTFNTYAMNWVRQAPGKGLEWVARIRSKYNNYATYYADSVKDRFTISRDDSKNTVYLQMNNLKTEDTAVYYCVRHENFGNSYVSWFAHWG QGTLVTVSS 780 3.9ELVVTQEPSLTVSPGGTVTLTCRSSTGAVTTSNYANWVQQKPGQAPRGLIGGTNKRAPGTPARFSGSLLGGKAALTLSGVQPEDEAEYYCALWYSNLWVFGGGTKLTVLGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGEVQLLESGGGLVQPGGSLKLSCAASGFTFNTYAMNWVRQAPGKGLEWVARIRSKYNNYATYYADSVKDRFTISRDDSKNTAYLQMNNLKTEDTAVYYCVRHGNFGNSYVSWFAYWG QGTLVTVSS 781 3.33ELVVTQEPSLTVSPGGTVTLTCRSSTGAVTTSNYANWVQQKPGQAPRGLIGGTNKRAPGTPARFSGSSLGGSAALTLSGVQPEDEAEYYCALWYSNLWVFGGGTKLTVLGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGEVQLQESGGGLVQPGGSLKLSCAASGFTFNTYAMNWVRQAPGKGLEWVARIRSKYNNYATYYADSVKDRFTISRDDSKNTAYLQMNNLKTEDTAVYYCVRHGNFGNSYVSWFAYWG QGTLVTVSS 782 4.11QSVLTQPPSASGTPGQRVTISCSGSSSNIGSNYVYWYQQLPGTAPKLLIYRNNQRPSGVPDRFSGSKSGTSASLAISGLRSEDEADYYCAAWDDSLSGLWVFGGGTKLTVLGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGQVQLQQWGGGLVKPGGSLRLSCAASGFTFSSYSMNWVRQAPGKGLEWVSRINSDGSSTNYADSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCARELRWGNWGQGTLVTVS S 783 4.12QAGLTQPPSASGTPGQRVTLSCSGSYSNIGTYYVYWYQQLPGTAPKLLIYSNDQRLSGVPDRFSGSKSGTSASLAISGLQSEDEAAYYCAAWDDSLNGWAFGGGTKLTVLGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGQVQLQQWGGGLVKPGGSLRLSCAASGFTFSSYSMNWVRQAPGKGLEWVSRINSDGSSTNYADSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCARELRWGNWGQGTLVTVSS 784 4.13QPGLTQPPSASGTPGQRVTLSCSGRSSNIGSYYVYWYQHLPGMAPKLLIYRNSRRPSGVPDRFSGSKSGTSASLVISGLQSDDEADYYCAAWDDSLKSWVFGGGTKLTVLGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGQVQLQQWGGGLVKPGGSLRLSCAASGFTFSSYSMNWVRQAPGKGLEWVSRINSDGSSTNYADSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCARELRWGNWGQGTLVTVSS 785 4.14QSVLTQPPSASGTPGQRVTISCSGSSSNIGTNYVYWYQQFPGTAPKLLIYSNNQRPSGVPDRFSGSKSGTSGSLAISGLQSEDEADYSCAAWDDSLNGWVFGGGTKLTVLGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGQVQLVQWGGGLVKPGGSLRLSCAASGFTFSSYSMNWVRQAPGKGLEWVSRINSDGSSTNYADSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCARELRWGNWGQGTLVTVSS 786 4.15QPGLTQPPSASGTPGQRVTISCSGSSSNIGSNYVYWYQQLPGTAPKLLIYRNNQRPSGVPDRLSGSKSGTSASLAISGLRSEDEADYYCAAWDDSLSGWVFGGGTKLTVLGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGQVQLVQWGGGLVKPGGSLRLSCAASGFTFSSYSMNWVRQAPGKGLEWVSRINSDGSSTNYADSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCARELRWGNWGQGTLVTVSS 787 4.16QAVLTQPPSASGTPGQRVTISCSGSSSNIGSYYVYWYQQVPGAAPKLLMRLNNQRPSGVPDRFSGAKSGTSASLVISGLRSEDEADYYCAAWDDSLSGQWVFGGGTKLTVLGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGQVQLQQWGGGLVKPGGSLRLSCAASGFTFSSYSMNWVRQAPGKGLEWVSRINSDGSSTNYADSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCARELRWGNWGQGTLVTVS S 788 4.17QAGLTQPPSASGTPGQRVTISCSGSSSNIGSNYVYWYQQLPGTAPKLLIYRNNQRPSGVPDRFSGSKSGTSASLAISGLRSEDEADYYCATWDASLSGWVFGGGTKLTVLGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGEVQLVQWGGGLVKPGGSLRLSCAASGFTFSSYSMNWVRQAPGKGLEWVSRINSDGSSTNYADSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCARELRWGNWGQGTLVTVSS 789

VI). Bispecific Antigen Binding Compositions - Configurations andFunctional Properties

In another aspect, the present disclosure relates to novel chimeric,bispecific antigen binding compositions that bind to an antigen orepitope of the CD3 protein complex of effector cells (e.g., a T cell)and an EGFR antigen associated with a diseased cell or tissue. Thus,they can be referred to T-cell engagers. As described more fully, below,the bispecific antigen binding compositions are configured in anactivatable prodrug form that confer advantages over bispecific T-cellengagers and related compounds known in the art. The compositions of thedisclosure have properties that include enhanced stability during theirproduction and purification, enhanced stability and increased half-lifein circulation when administered to a subject, the ability to becomeactivated at intended sites of therapy but not in normal, healthytissue, and, when activated by proteolytic cleavage of the releasesegments and release of the fused AF1 and AF2, exhibit binding affinityto target and effector cells that is at least comparable to acorresponding conventional bispecific IgG antibody. Upon the binding ofthe effector cell and target cell by the fused AF1 and AF2, animmunological synapse is formed that effects activation of the effectorcell and promotes the subsequent destruction of the target cell viaapoptosis or cytolysis.

Various bispecific antigen binding compositions of the disclosuredescribed herein are specifically designed to be in a prodrug form inthat the XTEN component(s) shield the antigen binding fragments,reducing their ability to bind their ligands until released from thecomposition by protease cleavage of any of the protease cleavage siteslocated within the release segments. Proteases known to be associatedwith diseased cells or tissues include but are not limited to serineproteases, cysteine proteases, aspartate proteases, andmetalloproteases, including but not limited to the specific proteasesdescribed herein. This prodrug property of the bispecific antigenbinding compositions improves the specificity of the composition towardsdiseased tissues or cells compared to bispecific T-cell engagertherapeutics that are not in a prodrug format. In contrast, byactivating the bispecific antigen binding compositions specifically inthe microenvironment of the target cell or diseased tissue, where theEGFR antigen and proteases capable of cleaving the release segments arehighly expressed, the bispecific antigen binding fragments and XTEN ofthe constructs are released upon cleavage of the release segment and thefused AF 1 and AF2 can crosslink cytotoxic effector cells with cellsexpressing an EGFR antigen in a highly specific fashion, therebydirecting the cytotoxic potential of the T cell towards the target cell.After protease cleavage, the fused AF 1 and AF2 are no longer shieldedand effectively regain their full potential to bind to target cellsbearing an EGFR antigen and an effector cell such as a cytotoxic T cellvia binding to the CD3 antigen, which forms part of the T cell receptorcomplex, causing T cell activation that mediates the subsequent lysis ofthe target cell expressing the particular EGFR antigen. Thus, thebispecific antigen binding compositions are contemplated to displaystrong, specific and efficient target cell killing. In such case, cellsare eliminated selectively, thereby reducing the potential for toxicside effects.

The design of the subject compositions having a first and a secondantigen binding fragment (AF1 and AF2, respectively) was driven byconsideration of at least three properties: 1) compositions havingbispecific antigen binding fragments with the capability to bind to andlink together an effector cell and a target cell having an EGFR antigenwith the resultant formation of an immunological synapse; 2)compositions with a XTEN that i) shields both of the antigen bindingfragments and reduces their ability to bind the target and effector cellligands when the composition is in an intact prodrug form, ii) providesenhanced half-life when administered to a subject, iii) reducesextravasation of the intact composition from the circulation in normaltissues and organs compared to diseased tissues (e.g., tumor), and iv)confers an increased safety profile compared to conventional bispecificcytotoxic antibody therapeutics; and 3) is activated when the RS iscleaved by one or more mammalian proteases in proximity of diseasedtissues, thereby releasing the bispecific antigen binding fragments suchthat they regain their full binding affinity potential for the targetligands. The design of the subject compositions takes advantage of theproperties of XTEN and the release segment (RS) components, and theirpositioning relative to the bispecific antigen binding fragmentsachieves the foregoing properties, as evidenced by the results in theillustrative Examples, below.

In one embodiment, the disclosure provides bispecific antigen bindingcompositions having two antigen binding fragments, an AF 1 and AF2 ofany of the antigen binding fragment embodiments described herein,wherein the AF2 is fused to the AF1 by a flexible peptide linker. In oneembodiment, the bispecific antigen binding fragment compositioncomprises a first antigen binding fragment (AF1) wherein the AF1specifically binds to EGFR or an epitope thereof, and a second antigenbinding fragment (AF2) wherein the AF2 specifically binds to cluster ofdifferentiation 3 T cell receptor (CD3), wherein a difference between anisoelectric point (pI) of the second antigen binding fragment and a pIof the first antigen binding fragment is from 0 to about 0.2, 0.3, 0.4,0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, or 1.5 pH units, asdetermined computationally or via in vitro assays. In one embodiment ofthe bispecific antigen binding composition, the AF1 specifically bindsEGFR with a K_(d) between about 0.1 nM and about 100 nM, or about 0.5 nmand about 50 nM, or about 1 nm and about 20 nM, or about 2 nM and about10 nM, as determined by an in vitro antigen-binding assay comprisingEGFR or an epitope thereof. In another embodiment of the bispecificantigen binding composition, the AF2 specifically binds human or cynoCD3 with a dissociation constant (K_(d)) constant between about 0.1 nMand about 100 nM, or between about 0.5 nM and about 50 nM, or betweenabout 1.0 nM and about 20 nM, or between about 2.0 nM and about 10 nM,as determined in an in vitro antigen-binding assay. In anotherembodiment of the bispecific antigen binding composition, the AF2specifically binds human or cyno CD3 with a dissociation constant(K_(d)) constant between about 10 nM and about 400 nM, as determined inan in vitro antigen-binding assay. In yet another embodiment of thebispecific antigen binding composition, the AF2 specifically binds humanor cyno CD3 with a dissociation constant (K_(d)) constant between about10 nM and about 400 nM, or between about 50 nM and about 350 nM, orbetween about 100 nM and 300 nM, as determined in an in vitroantigen-binding assay. In another embodiment of the bispecific antigenbinding composition, the AF2 specifically binds human or cyno CD3 with adissociation constant (K_(d)) weaker than about 3 nM, or about 10 nM, orabout 50 nM, or about 100 nM, or about 150 nM, or about 200 nM, or about250 nM, or about 300 nM, or about 400 nM, as determined in an in vitroantigen-binding assay. In another embodiment of the bispecific antigenbinding composition, the AF2 specifically binds human or cyno CD3 withat least 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold, 5-fold, 6-fold, 7-fold, 8-fold, 9-fold,or at least 10-fold weaker binding affinity than an antibody-bindingfragment consisting of an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 781, asdetermined by the respective dissociation constants (K_(d)) in an invitro antigen-binding assays. In another embodiment of the bispecificantigen binding composition, the AF2 exhibits a binding affinity to CD3that is at least 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold, 5-fold, 6-fold, 7-fold, 8-fold,9-fold, 10-fold, 20-fold, 50-fold, 100-fold, or at least 1000-fold atweaker relative to that of the AF1, as determined by the respectivedissociation constants (K_(d)) in an in vitro antigen-binding assay. Forclarity, an antigen binding fragment with a K_(d) of 400 binds itsligand more weakly than one with a K_(d) of 10 nM.

In another embodiment of the bispecific antigen binding composition ofany of the subject embodiments described herein having two antigenbinding fragments (AF1 and AF2), a single RS, and a single XTEN, thepolypeptide can have, in an uncleaved state, a structural arrangementfrom N-terminus to C-terminus of AF2-AF1-RS1-XTEN1, AF1-AF2-RS1-XTEN1,XTEN1-RS1-AF2-AF1, XTEN1-RS1-AF1-AF2, or diabody-RS1-XTEN1, orXTEN1-RS1-diabody, wherein the diabody comprises VL and VH of the AF1and AF2.

In another aspect, it is a feature of various designed compositions ofany of the embodiments described herein that when the RS of thebispecific antigen binding composition is cleaved by a mammalianprotease in the environment of the target cell and is converted from theprodrug form to the activated or apoprotein form, upon cleavage andrelease of the bispecific antigen binding fragments and the XTEN fromthe composition, the fused AF1 and AF2 bind to and link together aneffector cell (e.g., a T cell bearing CD3) targeted by the AF2 and adiseased cell bearing the EGFR antigen of a target cell targeted by theAF1, whereupon the effector cell is activated. In one embodiment,wherein RS of the bispecific antigen binding composition is cleaved andthe antigen binding fragments are released, the subsequent concurrentbinding of the effector cell and the target cell results in at least a3-fold, or a 10-fold, or a 30-fold, or a 100-fold, or a 300-fold, or a1000-fold activation of the effector cell, wherein the activation isassessed by the production of cytokines, cytolytic proteins, or lysis ofthe target cell, assessed in an in vitro cell-based assay. In anotherembodiment, the concurrent binding of a T cell bearing the CD3 antigenand a target cell bearing the EGFR antigen by the released antigenbinding fragments forms an immunologic synapse, wherein the bindingresults in the release of T cell-derived effector molecules capable oflysing the diseased cell. Non-limiting examples of the in vitro assayfor measuring effector cell activation and/or cytolysis include cellmembrane integrity assay, mixed cell culture assay, FACS based propidiumIodide assay, trypan Blue influx assay, photometric enzyme releaseassay, ELISA, radiometric 51Cr release assay, fluorometric Europiumrelease assay, CalceinAM release assay, photometric MTT assay, XTTassay, WST-1 assay, alamar Blue assay, radiometric 3H-Thd incorporationassay, clonogenic assay measuring cell division activity, fluorometricRhodamine123 assay measuring mitochondrial transmembrane gradient,apoptosis assay monitored by FACS-based phosphatidylserine exposure,ELISA-based TUNEL test assay, caspase activity assay, and cellmorphology assay, or other assays known in the art for the assay ofcytokines, cytolytic proteins, or lysis of cells, or the methodsdescribed in the Examples, below.

In other embodiments, the disclosure provides bispecific antigen bindingcompositions having two antigen binding fragments of any of theembodiments described herein, two RS of any of the embodiments describedherein, and two XTEN of any of the embodiments described herein. Thedesign of these compositions was driven by considerations of furtherreducing the binding affinity of the uncleaved compositions to therespective ligands of the AF1 and AF2 antibody fragments by the additionof the second XTEN in order to further reduce the unintended binding ofthe compositions to healthy tissues or cells when administered to asubject, thereby further improving the therapeutic index of the subjectcompositions compared to compositions having only one RS and one XTEN.The addition of the second RS and second XTEN resulted in a surprisingreduction of binding affinity of the intact, uncleaved polypeptide tothe respective ligands of the AF1 and AF2 antibody fragments relative tothose compositions having a single RS and XTEN, when assayed in vitro,and also resulted in reduced toxicity in animal models of disease whenadministered as therapeutically-effective doses, as described in theExamples, below. In embodiments of compositions having a two antigenbinding fragments, two RS, and two XTEN, the compositions can have, inan uncleaved state, a structural arrangement from N-terminus toC-terminus of XTEN1-RS1-AF2-AF1-RS2-XTEN2, XTEN1-RS1-AF1-AF2-RS2-XTEN2,XTEN2-RS2-AF2-AF1-RS1-XTEN1, XTEN2-RS2-AF1-AF2-RS1-XTEN1,XTEN2-RS2-diabody-RS1-XTEN1, wherein the diabody comprises VL and VH ofthe AF1 and AF2, or XTEN1-RS1-diabody-RS2-XTEN2, wherein the diabodycomprises VL and VH of the AF1 and AF2.

Without being bound to a particular theory, it is believed that usingthe bispecific antigen binding composition formats as described above,upon cleavage of the RS, the released fused AF1 and AF2 are capable ofkilling target cells by recruitment of cytotoxic effector cells withoutany need for pre- and/or co-stimulation. Further, the independence frompre- and/or co-stimulation of the effector cell may substantiallycontribute to the exceptionally high cytotoxicity mediated by thereleased, fused AF1 and AF2 antigen binding fragments. In someembodiments, the released AF1 and AF2, wherein the AF1 remains fused tothe AF2 by a linker peptide, is designed with binding specificities suchthat it has the capability to bind and link together in close proximitycytotoxic effector cells (e.g., T cells, NK cells, cytokine inducedkiller cell (CIK cell)) to preselected EGFR antigens by the AF1 that hasbinding specificity to EGFR antigens associated with tumor cells, cancercells, or cells associated with diseased tissues, thereby effecting animmunological synapse and a selective, directed, and localized effect ofreleased cytokines and effector molecules against the target disease orcancer cell, with the result that disease or cancer cells are damaged ordestroyed, resulting in therapeutic benefit to a subject. The releasedAF2 that binds to an effector cell antigen is capable of modulating oneor more functions of an effector cell, resulting in or contributing tothe cytolytic effect on the target tumor cell. The effector cell antigencan by expressed by the effector cell or other cells. In one embodiment,the effector cell antigen is expressed on cell surface of the effectorcell. Non-limiting examples of effector cell antigens are CD3, CD4, CD8,CD16, CD25, CD38, CD45RO, CD56, CD57, CD69, CD95, CD107, and CD154.Thus, it will be understood by one of skill in the art that theconfigurations of the subject compositions are intended to selectivelyor disproportionately deliver the active form of the composition to thetarget tumor tissue or cancer cell, compared to healthy tissue orhealthy cells in a subject in which the composition is administered,with resultant therapeutic benefit. As is evident from the foregoing,the disclosure provides a large family of polypeptides in designedconfigurations to effect the desired properties.

It is an object of the disclosure that the design of the subjectbispecific antigen binding compositions, with the shielding effectimparted by the XTEN of the intact, circulating composition and theconcomitant reduced potential to bind to effector cells and targettissues, results in reduced production of Th1 T-cell associatedcytokines or other proinflammatory mediators during systemic exposurewhen administered to a subject such that the overall side-effect andsafety profile (e.g., the therapeutic index) is improved compared tobispecific antigen binding compositions not linked to a shielding moietysuch as an XTEN. As an important component of cellular immunity, theproduction of IL-2, TNF-alpha, and IFN-gamma are hallmarks of a Th1response (Romagnani S. T-cell subsets (Th1 versus Th2). Ann AllergyAsthma Immunol. 2000. 85(1):9-18), particularly in T cells stimulated byanti-CD3 (Yoon, S.H. Selective addition of CXCR3+CCR4-CD4+ Th1 cellsenhances generation of cytotoxic T cells by dendritic cells in vitro.Exp Mol Med. 2009. 41(3):161-170), and Il-4, IL-6, and IL-10 are alsoproinflammatory cytokines important in a cytotoxic response forbispecific antibody compositions (Zimmerman, Z., et al. Unleashing theclinical power of T cells: CD19/CD3 bispecific T cell engager (BiTE®)antibody composition blinatumomab as a potential therapy. Int. Immunol.(2015) 27(1): 31-37). In one embodiment, an intact, uncleaved bispecificantigen binding composition of the embodiments described herein canexhibit at least 3-fold, or at least 4-fold, or at least 5-fold, or atleast 6-fold, or at least 7-fold, or at least 8-fold, or at least9-fold, or at least 10-fold, or at least 20-fold, or at least 30-fold,or at least 50-fold, or at least 100-fold, or at least 1000-fold reducedpotential to result in the production of Th1 and/or proinflammatorycytokines when the intact, uncleaved polypeptide is in contact with theeffector cell and a target cell in an in vitro cell-based cytokinestimulation assay compared to the Th1 and/or cytokine levels stimulatedby the corresponding released AF1 and AF2 (which remain fused togetherafter release by proteolysis of the RS) of a correspondingprotease-treated composition in the in vitro cell-based stimulationcytokine assay performed under comparable conditions, e.g., equivalentmolar concentrations. Non-limiting examples of Th1 and/orproinflammatory cytokines are IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, TNF-alpha andIFN-gamma. In one embodiment of the foregoing, the production of the Th1cytokine is assayed in an in vitro assay comprising effector cells suchas PBMC or CD3+ T cells and target cells having an EGFR antigendisclosed herein. In another embodiment, the cytokines can be assessedfrom a blood, fluid, or tissue sample removed from a subject in whichthe polypeptide composition has been administered. In the foregoingembodiment, the subject can be mouse, rat, monkey, and human. In anadvantage of the subject bispecific antigen binding compositions of theembodiments described herein, however, it has been discovered that thecytolytic properties of the compositions do not require prestimulationby cytokines; that formation of the immunological synapse of theeffector cell bound to the target cell by the antigen binding fragmentsis sufficient to effect cytolysis or apoptosis in the target cell.Nevertheless, the production of proinflammatory cytokines are usefulmarkers to assess the potency or the effects of the subject polypeptidecompositions; whether by in vitro assay or in the monitoring oftreatment of a subject with a tumor.

In the context of use of the bispecific antigen binding fragmentcompositions in a subject, it is an object of the disclosure that thesubject bispecific antigen binding compositions were designed to takeadvantage of the differential in pore size of the vasculature in tumoror inflamed tissues compared to healthy vasculature by the addition ofthe XTEN, such that extravasation of the intact bispecific antigenbinding composition in normal tissue is reduced, but in the leakyenvironment of the tumor vasculature or other areas of inflammation, theintact assembly can extravasate and be activated by the proteases in thediseased cell environment, releasing the antigen binding fragments tothe effector and target cells (see, e.g., FIG. 5 ). In the case of theRS of the bispecific antigen binding compositions, the design takesadvantage of the circumstance that when a bispecific antigen bindingcomposition is in proximity to diseased tissues; e.g., a tumor, thatelaborates one or more proteases, the RS sequences that are susceptibleto the one or more proteases expressed by the tumor are capable of beingcleaved by the proteases (described more fully, above). The action ofthe protease cleaves the release segment (RS) of the composition,separating the antigen binding fragments from the XTEN, resulting incomponents with reduced molecular weight and hydrodynamic radii,particularly for the released fused AF 1 and AF2. As will beappreciated, the decrease in molecular weight and hydrodynamic radius ofthe composition also confers the property that the released, fused AF 1and AF2 are able to more freely move in solution, move through smallerpore spaces in tissue and tumors, and extravasate more readily from thelarger pores of the tumor vasculature and more readily penetrate intothe tumor, resulting in an increased ability to attach to and linktogether the effector cell and the tumor cell. Such property can bemeasured by different assays. Thus, it will be appreciated by one ofskill in the art that in the context of treatment of a subject using thesubject compositions, the bispecific antigen binding compositions arepresent in a prodrug form and are converted to a more active form whenentering a certain cellular environment by the action of proteasesco-localized with the disease tissue or cell. Upon release from thecomposition by the action of the protease(s) in the target tissue, theAF2 with binding specificity to an effector cell antigen and the linkedAF1 with binding specificity to an antigen of a target cell regain theirfull capability to bind to and link together the effector cell to thetarget cell, forming an immunological synapse. The formation of theimmunological synapse causes the effector cell to become activated, withvarious signal pathways turning on new gene transcription and therelease, by exocytosis, the effector molecule contents of its vesicles.Depending on the type of effector cell, different cytokines andlymphokines are released; e.g., Type 1 helper T cells (Th1) releasecytokines like IFN-gamma, IL-2 and TNF-alpha while Type 2 helper T cells(Th2) release cytokines like IL-4, IL-5, IL-10, and IL-13 that stimulateB cells, and cytotoxic T Lymphocytes (CTLs) release cytotoxic moleculeslike perforin and granzymes that kill the target (collectively,“effector molecules”). It is specifically contemplated that upon theconcurrent binding to and linking together the effector cell to thetarget tumor cell by the released bispecific antigen binding fragmentsof the bispecific antigen binding composition, at very low effector totarget (E:T) ratios the tumor cell is acted upon by the effectormolecules released by the effector cell into the immunological synapsebetween the cells, resulting in damage, perforin-mediated lysis,granzyme B-induced cell death and/or apoptosis of the tumor cell. Thus,in another aspect, and without being bound by theory, it is a feature ofthe designed compositions that when the activatable bispecific antigenbinding fragment composition is administered to a subject with a tumor,the prodrug form remains in the circulatory system in normal tissue butis able to extravasate in the more permeable vasculature of the tumorsuch that the prodrug form of the assembly is activated by the proteasesco-localized with the tumor and that the released antigen bindingfragments bind together and link an effector cell (e.g., a T cell) and atumor cell expressing the EGFR antigen targeted by the AF1 of thecomposition, whereupon the effector cell is activated and lysis of thetumor cell is effected. Stated differently, in some cases, the morepermeable vasculature in the tumor tissue may permit the bispecificantigen-binding polypeptide to extravasate into the tissue where thetumor-associated proteases can act on a release segment (RS), cleavingit and releasing the binding moieties, which in turn can bind to andlink together the effector cell and the tumor associate cell. In thecase of the normal tissue, the extravasation may be blocked by thetighter vasculature barriers or, in the case where the bispecificantigen binding polypeptide does extravasate to some extent, thebispecific antigen binding polypeptide may primarily remain in the “pro”form, as insufficient proteases may be present in the healthy tissue torelease the binding moieties, with the net effect that an immunologicalsynapse is not formed. In some cases, the released, fused AF1 and AF2 inthe tumor of the subject bound to both a tumor cell and an effector cellexhibits an increased ability to activate effector cells of at least10-fold, or at least 30-fold, or at least 100-fold, or at least200-fold, or at least 300-fold, or at least 400-fold, or at least500-fold, or at least 1000-fold compared to the corresponding intact,uncleaved bispecific antigen binding composition. In other cases, thereleased, fused AF1 and AF2 in the tumor of the subject bound to both atumor cell and an effector cell exhibits an increased ability to lysethe tumor cell of at least 10-fold, or at least 30-fold, or at least100-fold, or at least 200-fold, or at least 300-fold, or at least400-fold, or at least 500-fold, or at least 1000-fold compared to thecorresponding intact bispecific antigen binding composition that has notbeen cleaved in the tumor. In the foregoing embodiments, the effectorcell activation and/or the cytotoxicity can be assayed by conventionalmethods known in the art, such as cytometric measurement of activatedeffector cells, assay of cytokines, measurement of tumor size, or byhistopathology. In the foregoing embodiments, the subject can be mouse,rat, dog, monkey, and human. In particular, it is specificallycontemplated that the subject compositions are designed such that uponadministration to a subject with a disease having an EGFR antigen towhich the AF2 can bind, the bispecific antigen binding compositionexhibits an enhanced therapeutic index and reduced incidence of sideeffects, compared to conventional bispecific antibodies known in theart, achieved by a combination of the shielding effect and sterichindrance of XTEN on binding affinity over the antigen binding fragmentsin the prodrug form, yet are able to release the bispecific AF1 and AF2(achieved by inclusion of the cleavage sequences in the RS) in proximityto or within a target tissue (e.g., a tumor) that produces a proteasefor which the RS is a substrate.

VII). Methods and Uses of Bispecific Antigen Binding Compositions

In another aspect, the present disclosure provides activatablebispecific antigen binding compositions and pharmaceutical compositionscomprising a bispecific antigen binding composition that areparticularly useful in medical settings; for example, in the prevention,treatment and/or the amelioration of certain cancers, tumors orinflammatory diseases. For use of treatment of diseases, bispecificantigen binding compositions of the invention would be formulated,dosed, and administered in a fashion consistent with good medicalpractice. Factors for consideration in this context include theparticular disorder being treated, the particular mammal being treated,the clinical condition of the individual patient, the cause of thedisorder, the site of delivery of the agent, the method ofadministration, the scheduling of administration, and other factorsknown to medical practitioners.

A number of therapeutic strategies have been used to design thepolypeptide compositions for use in methods of treatment of a subjectwith a cancerous disease, including the modulation of T cell responsesby targeting TcR signaling, particularly using VL and VH portions ofanti-human CD3 monoclonal antibodies that are widely used clinically inimmunosuppressive regimes. The CD3-specific monoclonal OKT3 was thefirst such monoclonal approved for use in humans (Sgro, Toxicology 105(1995), 23-29) and is widely used clinically as an immunosuppressiveagent in transplantation (Chatenoud L: Immunologic monitoring duringOKT3 therapy. Clin Transplant 7:422-430, 1993). Moreover, anti-CD3monoclonals can induce partial T cell signaling and clonal anergy(Smith, J. Exp. Med. 185 (1997), 1413-1422). The OKT3 reacts with andblocks the function of the CD3 complex in the membrane of T cells; theCD3 complex being associated with the antigen recognition structure of Tcells (TCR), which is essential for signal transduction. These and othersuch CD3 specific antibodies are able to induce various T cellresponses, including cytokine production (Von Wussow, Human gammainterferon production by leukocytes induced with monoclonal antibodiesrecognizing T cells. J. Immunol. 127:1197-1200 (1981)), proliferationand suppressor T-cell induction. In cancer, attempts have been made toutilize cytotoxic T cells to lyse cancer cells. Without being bound bytheory, to effect target cell lysis, cytotoxic T cells are believed torequire direct cell-to-cell contact; the TCR on the cytotoxic T cellmust recognize and engage the appropriate antigen on the target cell.This creates the immunologic synapse that, in turn initiates a signalingcascade within the cytotoxic T cell, causing T-cell activation and theproduction of a variety of cytotoxic cytokines and effector molecules.Perforin and granzymes are highly toxic molecules that are stored inpreformed granules that reside in activated cytotoxic T cells. Afterrecognition of the target cell, the cytoplasmic granules of the engagedcytotoxic T cells migrate toward the cytotoxic T-cell membrane,ultimately fusing with it and releasing their contents in directedfashion into the immunological synapse to form a pore within themembrane of the target cell, disrupting the tumor cell plasma membrane.The created pore acts as a point of entry for granzymes; a family ofserine proteases that that induce apoptosis of the tumor cells.

The subject bispecific antigen binding compositions described herein,with an AF2 with specific binding affinity to the CD3 of a T cellclosely fused to an AF1 with specific binding affinity to an EGFRantigen are T-cell engagers with the ability, once released from theintact prodrug form of the composition by cleavage of the releasesegments, regain their full potential to bind a T cell and target cell,forming an immunological synapse that promotes activation of the T-celland promotes the subsequent destruction of the tumor cell via apoptosisor cytolysis.

The disclosure contemplates methods of use of bispecific antigen bindingcompositions that are engineered to target a range of malignant cells,such as tumors, in addition to the effector cells, in order to initiatetarget cell lysis and to effect a beneficial therapeutic outcome in thatthe bispecific antigen binding compositions are designed such that oneantigen binding fragment binds and engages CD3 to activate the cytotoxicT cell while the second antigen binding fragment can be designed totarget EGFR markers that are characteristic of specific malignancies;bridging them together for the creation of the immunological synapse. Ina particular advantage of the design, the physical binding of thecytotoxic effector cell and the EGFR-bearing cell eliminates the needfor antigen processing, MHCI/β2-microglobulin, as well as co-stimulatorymolecules. Because of the range of cells bearing EGFR, it will beappreciated that the resulting compositions will have utility against avariety of cancers, including solid and hematological tumors. In oneembodiment, the disclosure provides a method of treatment of a subjectwith a tumor. The tumor being treated can comprise tumor cells arisingfrom a cell selected from the group consisting of stromal cell,fibroblasts, myofibroblasts, glial cells, epithelial cells, fat cells,lymphocytic cells, vascular cells, smooth muscle cells, mesenchymalcells, breast tissue cells, prostate cells, kidney cells, brain cells,colon cells, ovarian cells, uterine cells, bladder cells, skin cells,stomach cells, genito-urinary tract cells, cervix cells, uterine cells,small intestine cells, liver cells, pancreatic cells, gall bladdercells, bile duct cells, esophageal cells, salivary gland cells, lungcells, and thyroid cells. In a further advantage of the compositions, asthe cytotoxic effector cells are not consumed during thedamage/destruction of the bridged target cancer cell, after causinglysis of one target cell, an activated effector cell can release andmove on through the local tissue towards other target cancer cells, bindthe EGFR antigen, and initiate additional cell lysis. In addition, it iscontemplated that in a localized environment like a solid tumor, therelease of effector cell molecules such as perforin and granzymes willresult in damage to tumor cells that are adjacent but not bound by agiven molecule of the bispecific binding domains, resulting in stasis ofgrowth or regression of the tumor.

Accordingly, a utility of the disclosure will be understood; that afteradministration of a therapeutically effective dose of pharmaceuticalcomposition comprising a bispecific antigen binding compositiondescribed herein to a subject with a cancer or tumor having the EGFRantigen, the composition can be acted upon by proteases in associationwith or co-localized with the cancer or tumor cells, releasing the fusedAF1 and AF2 such that an immunological synapse can be created by thelinking of the EGFR-bearing cell and a effector cell, with the resultthat effector cell-derived effector molecules capable of lysing thetarget cell are released into the synapse, leading to apoptosis,cytolysis, or death of the target cancer or tumor cell. Furthermore, itwill be appreciated by one of skill in the art that use of thebispecific antigen binding compositions can result in a sustained andmore generalized beneficial therapeutic effect than a “single kill” oncethe immunological synapse is formed by the binding of the releasedbinding domains to the effector cell and target cancer cell.

In one aspect, the disclosure relates to methods of treating a diseasein a subject, such as a subject with a cancer. In some embodiments, thedisclosure provides a method of treating a disease in a subject,comprising administering to the subject in need thereof atherapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical compositioncomprising a bispecific antigen binding composition of any of theembodiments described herein. A therapeutically effective amount of thepharmaceutical composition may vary according to factors such as thedisease state, age, sex, and weight of the individual, and the abilityof the antibody or antibody portion to elicit a desired response in theindividual. A therapeutically effective amount is also one in which anytoxic or detrimental effects of the subject compositions are outweighedby the therapeutically beneficial effects. A prophylactically effectiveamount refers to an amount of pharmaceutical composition required forthe period of time necessary to achieve the desired prophylactic result.

A therapeutically effective dose of the bispecific antigen bindingcompositions described herein will generally provide therapeutic benefitwithout causing substantial toxicity. Toxicity and therapeutic efficacyof a bispecific antigen binding composition can be determined bystandard pharmaceutical procedures in cell culture or experimentalanimals. Cell culture assays and animal studies can be used to determinethe LD₅₀ (the dose lethal to 50% of a population) and the ED₅₀ (the dosetherapeutically effective in 50% of a population). The dose ratiobetween toxic and therapeutic effects is the therapeutic index, whichcan be expressed as the ratio LD₅₀/ED₅₀. Bispecific antigen bindingcompositions that exhibit large therapeutic indices are preferred. Inone aspect, the bispecific antigen binding molecule according to thepresent invention exhibits a high therapeutic index. The data obtainedfrom cell culture assays and animal studies can be used in formulating arange of dosages suitable for use in humans. The dosage lies preferablywithin a range of circulating concentrations that include the ED₅₀ withlittle or no toxicity. The dosage may vary within this range dependingupon a variety of factors, e.g., the dosage form employed, the route ofadministration utilized, the condition of the subject, and the like. Theexact formulation, route of administration and dosage can be chosen bythe individual physician in view of the patient’s condition (see, e.g.,Fingl et al., 1975, in: The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, Ch.1, p. 1). A skilled artisan readily recognizes that in many cases thebispecific antigen binding composition may not provide a cure but mayonly provide partial benefit. In some aspects, a physiological changehaving some benefit is also considered therapeutically beneficial. Thus,in some aspects, an amount of bispecific antigen binding compositionthat provides a physiological change is considered an “effective amount”or a “therapeutically effective amount”. The subject, patient, orindividual in need of treatment is typically a mouse, rat, dog, monkey,or human.

The bispecific antigen binding compositions of the invention may beadministered in combination with one or more other agents in therapy.For instance, a bispecific antigen binding molecule of any of theembodiments described herein may be co-administered with at least oneadditional therapeutic agent. The term “therapeutic agent” encompassesany agent administered to treat a symptom or disease in an individual inneed of such treatment. Such additional therapeutic agent may compriseany active ingredients suitable for the particular indication beingtreated, preferably those with complementary activities that do notadversely affect each other. In certain aspects, an additionaltherapeutic agent is an immunomodulatory agent, an immuno-oncologicantibody, a cytostatic agent, an inhibitor of cell adhesion, a cytotoxicagent, an activator of cell apoptosis, or an agent that increases thesensitivity of cells to apoptotic inducers. In a particular aspect, theadditional therapeutic agent is an anti-cancer agent, for example amicrotubule disruptor, an antimetabolite, a topoisomerase inhibitor, aDNA intercalator, an alkylating agent, a hormonal therapy, a kinaseinhibitor, a receptor antagonist, an activator of tumor cell apoptosis,or an antiangiogenic agent.

In one embodiment of the method of treating a disease in a subject, thedisease for treatment can be anaplastic and medullary thyroid cancers,appendiceal cancer, arrhenoblastoma, biliary tract carcinoma, bladdercancer, breast cancer, cancers of the bile duct, carcinoid tumor,cervical cancer, cholangiocarcinoma, colon cancer, colorectal cancer,craniopharyngioma, endometrial cancer, epithelial intraperitonealmalignancy with malignant ascites, esophageal cancer, Ewing sarcoma,fallopian tube cancer, follicular cancer, gall bladder cancer, gastriccancer, gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), GE-junction cancer,genito-urinary tract cancer, glioma, glioblastoma, head and neck cancer,hepatoblastoma, hepatocarcinoma, HR+ and HER2+ breast cancer, Hurthlecell cancer, inflammatory breast cancer, Kaposi sarcoma, kidney cancer,laryngeal cancer, liposarcoma, liver cancer, lung cancer,medulloblastoma, melanoma, Merkel cell carcinoma, neuroblastoma,neuroblastoma, neuroendocrine cancer, non-small cell lung cancer,osteosarcoma (bone cancer), ovarian cancer, ovarian cancer withmalignant ascites, pancreatic cancer, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor,papillary cancer, parathyroid cancer, peritoneal carcinomatosis,peritoneal mesothelioma, primitive neuroectodermal tumor, prostatecancer, retinoblastoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, salivary gland carcinoma,sarcoma, skin cancer, small cell lung cancer, small intestine cancer,stomach cancer, testicular cancer, thyroid cancer, triple negativebreast cancer, urothelial cancer, uterine cancer, uterine serouscarcinoma, vaginal cancer, vulvar cancer, and Wilms tumor.

The therapeutically effective amount can produce a beneficial effect inhelping to treat (e.g., cure or reduce the severity) or prevent (e.g.,reduce the likelihood of recurrence) of a cancer or a tumor. In anotherembodiment of the method of treating the disease in a subject, thepharmaceutical composition is administered to the subject as two or moretherapeutically effective doses administered twice weekly, once a week,every two weeks, every three weeks, every four weeks, or monthly. Inanother embodiment of the method, the pharmaceutical composition isadministered to the subject as two or more therapeutically effectivedoses over a period of at least two weeks, or at least one month, or atleast two months, or at least three months, or at least four months, orat least five months, or at least six months. In another embodiment ofthe method, a first low priming dose is administered to the subject,followed by one or more higher maintenance doses over the dosingschedule of at least two weeks, or at least one month, or at least twomonths, or at least three months, or at least four months, or at leastfive months, or at least six months. The initial priming doseadministered is selected from the group consisting of at least about0.005 mg/kg, at least about 0.01 mg/kg, at least about 0.02 mg/kg, atleast about 0.04 mg/kg, at least about 0.08 mg/kg, at least about 0.1mg/kg, and one or more subsequent maintenance dose(s) administered isselected from the group consisting of at least about 0.02 mg/kg, atleast about 0.05 mg/kg, at least about 0.1 mg/kg, at least about 0.16mg/kg, at least about 0.18 mg/kg, at least about 0.20 mg/kg, at leastabout 0.22 mg/kg, at least about 0.24 mg/kg, at least about 0.26 mg/kg,at least about 0.27 mg/kg, at least about 0.28 mg/kg, at least 0.3mg/kg, at least 0.4. mg/kg, at least about 0.5 mg/kg, at least about 0.6mg/kg, at least about 0.7 mg/kg, at least about 0.8 mg/kg, at leastabout 0.9 mg/kg, at least about 1.0 mg/kg, at least about 1.5 mg/kg, orat least about 2.0 mg/kg, or at least 5.0 mg/kg. In another embodimentof the method, the pharmaceutical composition is administered to thesubject intradermally, subcutaneously, intravenously, intra-arterially,intra-abdominally, intraperitoneally, intrathecally, or intramuscularly.In another embodiment of the method, the pharmaceutical composition isadministered to the subject as one or more therapeutically effectivebolus doses or by infusion of 5 minutes to 96 hours as tolerated formaximal safety and efficacy. In another embodiment of the method, thepharmaceutical composition is administered to the subject as one or moretherapeutically effective bolus doses or by infusion of 5 minutes to 96hours, wherein the dose is selected from the group consisting of atleast about 0.005 mg/kg, at least about 0.01 mg/kg, at least about 0.02mg/kg, at least about 0.04 mg/kg, at least about 0.08 mg/kg, at leastabout 0.1 mg/kg, at least about 0.12 mg/kg, at least about 0.14 mg/kg,at least about 0.16 mg/kg, at least about 0.18 mg/kg, at least about0.20 mg/kg, at least about 0.22 mg/kg, at least about 0.24 mg/kg, atleast about 0.26 mg/kg, at least about 0.27 mg/kg, at least about 0.28mg/kg, at least 0.3 mg/kg, at least 0.4. mg/kg, at least about 0.5mg/kg, at least about 0.6 mg/kg, at least about 0.7 mg/kg, at leastabout 0.8 mg/kg, at least about 0.9 mg/kg, at least about 1.0 mg/kg, atleast about 1.5 mg/kg, or at least about 2.0 mg/kg, or at least about5.0 mg/kg. In another embodiment of the method, the pharmaceuticalcomposition is administered to the subject as one or moretherapeutically effective bolus doses or by infusion over a period of 5minutes to 96 hours, wherein the administration to the subject resultsin a Cmax plasma concentration of the intact, uncleaved bispecificantigen binding composition of at least about 0.1 ng/mL to at leastabout 2 µg/mL or more in the subject that is maintained for at leastabout 3 days, at least about 7 days, at least about 10 days, at leastabout 14 days, or at least about 21 days. The therapeutically effectivedose is at least about 0.005 mg/kg, at least about 0.01 mg/kg, at leastabout 0.02 mg/kg, at least about 0.04 mg/kg, at least about 0.08 mg/kg,at least about 0.1 mg/kg, at least about 0.12 mg/kg, at least about 0.14mg/kg, at least about 0.16 mg/kg, at least about 0.18 mg/kg, at leastabout 0.20 mg/kg, at least about 0.22 mg/kg, at least about 0.24 mg/kg,at least about 0.26 mg/kg, at least about 0.27 mg/kg, at least about0.28 mg/kg, at least 0.3 mg/kg, at least 0.4 mg/kg, at least about 0.5mg/kg, at least about 0.6 mg/kg, at least about 0.7 mg/kg, at leastabout 0.8 mg/kg, at least about 0.9 mg/kg, at least about 1.0 mg/kg, atleast about 1.5 mg/kg, or at least about 2.0 mg/kg. In one embodiment,an initial dose is selected from the group consisting of at least about0.005 mg/kg, at least about 0.01 mg/kg, at least about 0.02 mg/kg, atleast about 0.04 mg/kg, at least about 0.08 mg/kg, at least about 0.1mg/kg, and a subsequent dose is selected from the group consisting of atleast about 0.1 mg/kg, at least about 0.12 mg/kg, at least about 0.14mg/kg, at least about 0.16 mg/kg, at least about 0.18 mg/kg, at leastabout 0.20 mg/kg, at least about 0.22 mg/kg, at least about 0.24 mg/kg,at least about 0.26 mg/kg, at least about 0.27 mg/kg, at least about0.28 mg/kg, at least 0.3 mg/kg, at least 0.4. mg/kg, at least about 0.5mg/kg, at least about 0.6 mg/kg, at least about 0.7 mg/kg, at leastabout 0.8 mg/kg, at least about 0.9 mg/kg, at least about 1.0 mg/kg, atleast about 1.5 mg/kg, or at least about 2.0 mg/kg. In the foregoingembodiments, the administration to the subject results in a plasmaconcentration of the polypeptide of at least about 0.1 ng/mL to at leastabout 2 ng/mL or more in the subject for at least about 3 days, at leastabout 7 days, at least about 10 days, at least about 14 days, or atleast about 21 days. In the foregoing embodiments of the method, thesubject can be a mouse, rat, monkey, or a human.

VIII). Nucleic Acid Sequences

In some embodiments, the invention provides isolated polynucleotidesequences encoding the AF1 sequences, or the AF2 sequences, or therelease segment sequences (RS1 and RS2), or the XTEN sequences, or thecombination of any of these component embodiments described herein, orthe complement of the polynucleotide sequences. In one embodiment, theinvention provides an isolated polynucleotide sequence encoding apolypeptide or bispecific antigen binding composition of any of theembodiments described herein, or the complement of the polynucleotidesequence. In one embodiment, the invention provides an isolatedpolynucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide or bispecific antigenbinding composition wherein the polynucleotide sequence has at least90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or 100% sequenceidentity to a polynucleotide sequence set forth in Table 12.

In another aspect, the disclosure relates to methods to producepolynucleotide sequences encoding the polypeptides or bispecific antigenbinding compositions of any of the embodiments described herein, orsequences complementary to the polynucleotide sequences, includinghomologous variants thereof, as well as methods to express the proteinsexpressed by the polynucleotide sequences. In general, the methodsinclude producing a polynucleotide sequence coding for the proteinaceouspolypeptides or bispecific antigen binding compositions of any of theembodiments described herein and incorporating the encoding gene into anexpression vector appropriate for a host cell. For production of theencoded polypeptides or bispecific antigen binding compositions of anyof the embodiments described herein, the method includes transforming anappropriate host cell with the expression vector, and culturing the hostcell under conditions causing or permitting the resulting polypeptide orbispecific antigen binding composition of any of the embodimentsdescribed herein to be expressed in the transformed host cell, therebyproducing the polypeptide or bispecific antigen binding composition,which is recovered by methods described herein or by standard proteinpurification methods known in the art. Standard recombinant techniquesin molecular biology are used to make the polynucleotides and expressionvectors of the present disclosure.

In accordance with the disclosure, nucleic acid sequences that encodethe polypeptides or bispecific antigen binding compositions of any ofthe embodiments described herein (or their complement) are used togenerate recombinant DNA molecules that direct the expression inappropriate host cells. Several cloning strategies are suitable forperforming the present disclosure, many of which are used to generate aconstruct that comprises a gene coding for a composition of the presentdisclosure, or its complement. In one embodiment, the cloning strategyis used to create a gene that encodes a construct that comprisesnucleotides encoding the polypeptide or bispecific antigen bindingcomposition that is used to transform a host cell for expression of thecomposition. In the foregoing embodiments hereinabove described in thisparagraph, the genes can comprise nucleotides encoding the antigenbinding fragments, release segments, and the XTEN in the configurationsdisclosed herein.

In one approach, a construct is first prepared containing the DNAsequence encoding a polypeptide or bispecific antigen bindingcomposition construct. Exemplary methods for the preparation of suchconstructs are described in the Examples. The construct is then used tocreate an expression vector suitable for transforming a host cell, suchas a prokaryotic or eukaryotic host (e.g., mammalian) cell for theexpression and recovery of the polypeptide construct. Where desired, thehost cell is an E. coli. In another embodiment, the host cell isselected from BHK cells, NS0 cells, SP2/0 cells, YO myeloma cells, P3X63mouse myeloma cells, PER cells, PER.C6 cells, hybridoma cells, NIH3T3cells, COS, HeLa, CHO, or yeast cells. Exemplary methods for thecreation of expression vectors, the transformation of host cells and theexpression and recovery of XTEN are described in the Examples.

The gene encoding for the polypeptide or bispecific antigen bindingcomposition construct can be made in one or more steps, either fullysynthetically or by synthesis combined with enzymatic processes, such asrestriction enzyme-mediated cloning, PCR and overlap extension,including methods more fully described in the Examples. The methodsdisclosed herein can be used, for example, to ligate sequences ofpolynucleotides encoding the various components (e.g., binding domains,linkers, release segments, and XTEN) genes of a desired length andsequence. Genes encoding polypeptide compositions are assembled fromoligonucleotides using standard techniques of gene synthesis. The genedesign can be performed using algorithms that optimize codon usage andamino acid composition appropriate for the E. coli or mammalian hostcell utilized in the production of the polypeptide or bispecific antigenbinding composition. In one method of the disclosure, a library ofpolynucleotides encoding the components of the constructs is created andthen assembled, as described above. The resulting genes are thenassembled and the resulting genes used to transform a host cell andproduce and recover the polypeptide compositions for evaluation of itsproperties, as described herein.

The resulting polynucleotides encoding the polypeptide or bispecificantigen binding composition sequences can then be individually clonedinto an expression vector. The nucleic acid sequence is inserted intothe vector by a variety of procedures. In general, DNA is inserted intoan appropriate restriction endonuclease site(s) using techniques knownin the art. Vector components generally include, but are not limited to,one or more of a signal sequence, an origin of replication, one or moremarker genes, an enhancer element, a promoter, and a transcriptiontermination sequence. Construction of suitable vectors containing one ormore of these components employs standard ligation techniques which areknown to the skilled artisan. Such techniques are well known in the artand well described in the scientific and patent literature. Variousvectors are publicly available. The vector may, for example, be in theform of a plasmid, cosmid, viral particle, or phage that mayconveniently be subjected to recombinant DNA procedures, and the choiceof vector will often depend on the host cell into which it is to beintroduced. Thus, the vector may be an autonomously replicating vector,i.e., a vector, which exists as an extrachromosomal entity, thereplication of which is independent of chromosomal replication, e.g., aplasmid. Alternatively, the vector may be one which, when introducedinto a host cell, is integrated into the host cell genome and replicatedtogether with the chromosome(s) into which it has been integrated. Onceintroduced into a suitable host cell, expression of the antigen bindingfragments or bispecific antigen binding compositions can be determinedusing any nucleic acid or protein assay known in the art. For example,the presence of transcribed mRNA of light chain CDRs or heavy chainCDRs, the antigen binding fragment, or the bispecific antigen bindingcomposition can be detected and/or quantified by conventionalhybridization assays (e.g. Northern blot analysis), amplificationprocedures (e.g. RT-PCR), SAGE (U.S. Pat. No. 5,695,937), andarray-based technologies (see e.g. U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,405,783, 5,412,087and 5,445,934), using probes complementary to any region of antigenbinding unit polynucleotide.

The disclosure provides for the use of plasmid expression vectorscontaining replication and control sequences that are compatible withand recognized by the host cell, and are operably linked to the geneencoding the polypeptide for controlled expression of the polypeptide.The vector ordinarily carries a replication site, as well as sequencesthat encode proteins that are capable of providing phenotypic selectionin transformed cells. Such vector sequences are well known for a varietyof bacteria, yeast, and viruses. Useful expression vectors that can beused include, for example, segments of chromosomal, non-chromosomal andsynthetic DNA sequences. “Expression vector” refers to a DNA constructcontaining a DNA sequence that is operably linked to a suitable controlsequence capable of effecting the expression of the DNA encoding thepolypeptide in a suitable host. The requirements are that the vectorsare replicable and viable in the host cell of choice. Low- or high-copynumber vectors may be used as desired.

Suitable vectors include, but are not limited to, derivatives of SV40and pcDNA and known bacterial plasmids such as col EI, pCR1, pBR322,pMal-C2, pET, pGEX as described by Smith, et al., Gene 57:31-40 (1988),pMB9 and derivatives thereof, plasmids such as RP4, phage DNAs such asthe numerous derivatives of phage I such as NM98 9, as well as otherphage DNA such as M13 and filamentous single stranded phage DNA; yeastplasmids such as the 2 micron plasmid or derivatives of the 2 m plasmid,as well as centomeric and integrative yeast shuttle vectors; vectorsuseful in eukaryotic cells such as vectors useful in insect or mammaliancells; vectors derived from combinations of plasmids and phage DNAs,such as plasmids that have been modified to employ phage DNA or theexpression control sequences; and the like. Yeast expression systemsthat can also be used in the present disclosure include, but are notlimited to, the non-fusion pYES2 vector (Invitrogen), the fusionpYESHisA, B, C (Invitrogen), pRS vectors and the like. The controlsequences of the vector include a promoter to effect transcription, anoptional operator sequence to control such transcription, a sequenceencoding suitable mRNA ribosome binding sites, and sequences thatcontrol termination of transcription and translation. The promoter maybe any DNA sequence, which shows transcriptional activity in the hostcell of choice and may be derived from genes encoding proteins eitherhomologous or heterologous to the host cell. Promoters suitable for usein expression vectors with prokaryotic hosts include the β-lactamase andlactose promoter systems [Chang et al., Nature, 275:615 (1978); Goeddelet al., Nature, 281:544 (1979)], alkaline phosphatase, a tryptophan(trp) promoter system [Goeddel, Nucleic Acids Res., 8:4057 (1980); EP36,776], and hybrid promoters such as the tac promoter [deBoer et al.,Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 80:21-25 (1983)], all is operably linked tothe DNA encoding XTEN polypeptides. Promoters for use in bacterialsystems can also contain a Shine-Dalgarno (S.D.) sequence, operablylinked to the DNA encoding polypeptide polypeptides.

Expression of the vector can also be determined by examining the antigenbinding fragment or a component of the bispecific antigen bindingcomposition expressed. A variety of techniques are available in the artfor protein analysis. They include but are not limited toradioimmunoassays, ELISA (enzyme linked immunoradiometric assays),“sandwich” immunoassays, immunoradiometric assays, in situ immunoassays(using e.g., colloidal gold, enzyme or radioisotope labels), westernblot analysis, immunoprecipitation assays, immunoflourescent assays, andSDS-PAGE.

IX). Methods of Making the Polypeptides and Bispecific Antigen BindingCompositions

In another aspect, the disclosure provides methods of manufacturing thesubject compositions. In one embodiment, the method comprises culturinga host cell comprising a nucleic acid construct that encodes apolypeptide or a bispecific antigen binding composition of any of theembodiments described herein under conditions that promote theexpression of the polypeptide or bispecific antigen binding composition,followed by recovery of the polypeptide or bispecific antigen bindingcomposition using standard purification methods (e.g., columnchromatography, HPLC, and the like) wherein the composition is recoveredwherein at least 70%, or at least 80%, or at least 90%, or at least 95%,or at least 97%, or at least 99% of the binding fragments of theexpressed polypeptide or bispecific antigen binding composition arecorrectly folded. In another embodiment of the method of making, theexpressed polypeptide or bispecific antigen binding composition isrecovered in which at least or at least 90%, or at least 95%, or atleast 97%, or at least 99% of the polypeptide or bispecific antigenbinding composition is recovered in monomeric, soluble form.

In another aspect, the disclosure relates to methods of making thepolypeptide and bispecific antigen binding compositions at highfermentation expression levels of functional protein using an E. coli ormammalian host cell, as well as providing expression vectors encodingthe constructs useful in methods to produce the cytotoxically activepolypeptide construct compositions at high expression levels. In oneembodiment, the method comprises the steps of 1) preparing thepolynucleotide encoding the polypeptides of any of the embodimentsdisclosed herein, 2) cloning the polynucleotide into an expressionvector, which can be a plasmid or other vector under control ofappropriate transcription and translation sequences for high levelprotein expression in a biological system, 3) transforming anappropriate host cell with the expression vector, and 4) culturing thehost cell in conventional nutrient media under conditions suitable forthe expression of the polypeptide composition. Where desired, the hostcell is E. coli. By the method, the expression of the polypeptideresults in fermentation titers of at least 0.05 g/L, or at least 0.1g/L, or at least 0.2 g/L, or at least 0.3 g/L, or at least 0.5 g/L, orat least 0.6 g/L, or at least 0.7 g/L, or at least 0.8 g/L, or at least0.9 g/L, or at least 1 g/L of the expression product of the host celland wherein at least 70%, or at least 80%, or at least 90%, or at least95%, or at least 97%, or at least 99% of the expressed protein arecorrectly folded. As used herein, the term “correctly folded” means thatthe antigen binding fragments component of the composition have theability to specifically bind its target ligand. In another embodiment,the disclosure provides a method for producing a polypeptide orbispecific antigen binding composition, the method comprising culturingin a fermentation reaction a host cell that comprises a vector encodinga polypeptide comprising the polypeptide or bispecific antigen bindingcomposition under conditions effective to express the polypeptideproduct at a concentration of more than about 10 milligrams/gram of dryweight host cell (mg/g), or at least about 250 mg/g, or about 300 mg/g,or about 350 mg/g, or about 400 mg/g, or about 450 mg/g, or about 500mg/g of said polypeptide when the fermentation reaction reaches anoptical density of at least 130 at a wavelength of 600 nm, and whereinthe antigen binding fragments of the expressed protein are correctlyfolded. In another embodiment, the disclosure provides a method forproducing a polypeptide or bispecific antigen binding composition, themethod comprising culturing in a fermentation reaction a host cell thatcomprises a vector encoding the composition under conditions effectiveto express the polypeptide product at a concentration of more than about10 milligrams/gram of dry weight host cell (mg/g), or at least about 250mg/g, or about 300 mg/g, or about 350 mg/g, or about 400 mg/g, or about450 mg/g, or about 500 mg/g of said polypeptide when the fermentationreaction reaches an optical density of at least 130 at a wavelength of600 nm, and wherein the expressed polypeptide product is soluble.

The following are examples of compositions and evaluations ofcompositions of the disclosure. It is understood that various otherembodiments may be practiced, given the general description providedabove.

EXAMPLES Example 1: Construction of Bispecific Antigen BindingPolypeptides With Two Release Segments.

In order to generate a plasmid where the individual scFv’s can beremoved by restriction digest, pCW1700, which encodes for ananti-EpCAM-anti-CD3 (UCHT1) bispecific tandem scFv, with an RSR2486release segment, an AE866 XTEN and a 6X His tag affinity tag (SEQ ID NO:794), was digested with SacII and BstXI, removing the 3′ end of theanti-EpCAM binding domain, the linker between the anti-EpCAM andanti-CD3 domains and the 5′ end of the anti-CD3 domain. A fragment ofDNA encoding the same region was synthesized with silent point mutationsat the junction between the anti-EpCAM binding domain and the linker tointroduce a Bsu36I site. Synthetic DNA fragments were cloned intodigested backbone using the In-Fusion kit (New England Biolabs) toassemble pJB0035. pJB0035 was subsequently digested with NheI and BsaIto remove the BSRS1 release segment sequence. Overlapping singlestranded oligonucleotides encoding RSR2486 were synthesized with singlestranded tails that anneal to the NheI and BsaI overhangs. Theoligonucleotides were annealed together and ligated into the digestedpJB0035, resulting in pCW1880, which encodes for an anti-EpCAM-anti-CD3(UCHT1) bispecific tandem scFv, RSR2486, XTEN866 and a 6X His tagaffinity tag (SEQ ID NO: 794).

In order to generate a plasmid with different CD3 binding domainvariants, pCW1880 was digested with Bsu36I and NheI to remove the UCHT1anti-CD3 scFv. A DNA fragment encoding CD3.23 was synthesized. The genefragment included 30 nucleotides 5′ and 3′ of the restriction sites toserve as DNA overlaps for Gibson DNA Assembly. The synthetic DNAfragment was cloned into digested backbone using the Gibson Cloning Kit(SGI-DNA, Carlsbad, CA) to assemble pJB0205.

In order to generate a bispecific antigen binding polypeptide with bothan N-terminal and C-terminal XTEN, the AE292 XTEN was PCR amplified froma plasmid using primers including a 17-21 bp 5′ homology region tobackbone DNA on the N-terminus and to an uncleavable release segment(RSR3058, amino acid sequence TTGEAGEAAGATSAGATGP (SEQ ID NO: 111)) onthe C-terminus. A second PCR product encoding the light and part of theheavy chain of the anti-EpCAM antibody 4D5MOCB was amplified usingprimers that included a 16-21 bp 5′ homology region to RSR3058 on theN-terminus and the heavy chain of 4D5MOCB on the C-terminus. These PCRfragments were cloned into a backbone vector digested with BsiWI-SacIIthat encoding the remainder of the 4D5MOCB heavy chain/anti-CD3 tandemscFv, a second copy of the RSR3058 uncleavable release segment and AE837XTEN with a 6xHIS affinity tag (SEQ ID NO: 794) using the In-FusionPlasmid Assembly Kit (Takara Bio). The final vector encodes thebispecific antigen binding polypeptide with the components (from N- toC-terminus) of AE292 XTEN, the uncleavable RSR3058 release segment,anti-EpCAM-anti-CD3 bispecific tandem scFv with RSR3058 fused to AE867XTEN with a 6xHIS affinity tag (SEQ ID NO: 794) under the control of aPhoA promoter and STII secretion leader. The resulting construct ispJB0084 with the DNA sequence and encoded amino acid sequence providedin Table 12.

pJB0084 was used as a template to create a bispecific antigen bindingpolypeptide construct encoding AE292 XTEN, the cleavable release segmentRSR2295, anti-EpCAM-anti-CD3 bispecific tandem scFv with RSR2295 fusedto AE868 XTEN. The plasmid utilized two PCR products using pJB0084 as atemplate; the first encoding a 6xHIS affinity tag (SEQ ID NO: 794) andAE292 XTEN with an 5′ homology region to the vector backbone and the 3′homology region encoding the first RSR2295, the second encoding theanti-EpCAM-anti-CD3 bispecific tandem scFv with 5′ and 3′ homologyregions encoding the RSR2295 release segments 5′ and 3′ of the tandemscFvs. The third fragment encoded AE868 XTEN having the C-Tag affinitytag (amino acid sequence EPEA (SEQ ID NO: 796)) with a 5′ homologyregion encoding the second RSR2295 and a 3′ homology region to thebackbone vector. The three PCR fragments were cloned into pJB0084 thathad been digested with BsiWI-NotI using the In-Fusion Plasmid AssemblyKit. The final vector, pJB0169, encodes the bispecific antigen bindingpolypeptide molecule with the components (from N- to C-terminus) of6xHIS affinity tag (SEQ ID NO: 794), AE292 XTEN, RSR2295 releasesegment, anti-EpCAM-anti-CD3 bispecific tandem scFv, RSR2295, AE868 XTENwith the C-Tag affinity tag under the control of a PhoA promoter andSTII secretion leader with the DNA sequence and protein sequence inTable 12.

In order to introduce a new CD3 scFv with alterations to the isoelectricpoint and removal of potential aggregation sites in the amino acidsequence, pJB0244 was digested with BsaI and BbvCI to remove both theHER2 and CD3 scFvs. DNA fragments encoding anti-EGFR scFv variantspaired with CD3.33 were synthesized that included 40 bp of homology tothe digested vector at both the 5′ and 3′ ends to facilitate Gibson DNAAssembly. Plasmids pJB0358-pJB0372 were assembled with the structure of6xHIS affinity tag (SEQ ID NO: 794), AE292 XTEN, RSR2295, andindividually, a total of 15 anti-EGFR scFv variants paired with ananti-CD3 scFv, RSR2295, AE868 XTEN having a C-Tag affinity tag (DNA andprotein sequences in Table 12).

pAH0025 and pAH0026 were created by initially digesting pJB0368 andpJB0373 with BtsI to remove the anti-CD3 scFv. DNA fragments wereordered encoding the anti-CD3.32 scFv flanked with 40 bp homologyregions to the digested backbone. These fragments were introduced intopJB0368 and pJB0373 by Gibson Assembly to create plasmids encoding a6xHIS affinity tag (SEQ ID NO: 794), AE292 XTEN, RSR2295,anti-EGFR-anti-CD3 bispecific tandem scFv, RSR2295, AE868 XTEN having aC-Tag affinity tag constructed with two different anti-EGFR bindingdomains, EGFR.23 and EGFR.2 to result in the pAH0025 and pAH0026constructs (DNA and protein sequences in Table 12). Analogousmethodologies would be employed to make constructs having EGFR.13,EGFR.14, EGFR.15, EGFR. 16, EGFR.17, EGFR.18, EGFR.19, EGFR.20, EGFR.21,EGFR.22, EGFR.24, EGFR.25, EGFR.26, EGFR.27, CD3.30, CD3.31, and CD3.33scFv, in any combination or orientation (i.e., AF1-AF2 or AF2-AF1 in anN- to C-terminal orientation), the sequences of which are providedherein.

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Example 2: Evaluation of CD3 scFv Sequence Variants in Comparison toParental CD3 scFv

The purpose of the experiments was to evaluate 4 CD3 sequence variantsto determine if the variants had enhanced properties in comparison tothe CD3.9 parental scFv.

1. Determination of Melting Temperature (T_(m))

The melting temperature of each scFv variant was measured to determineits thermal stability. Briefly, a uniform quantity of scFv in 200 µL of1% BSA-PBST was aliquoted into PCR tubes. Tubes were incubated for onehour at several different temperatures (50° C., 51.4° C., 53.7° C.,57.3° C., 61.7° C., 65.5° C., and 68° C.). 50 µL of each sample wasadded to an ELISA plate coated with CD3Œµ target antigen (CreativeBiomart) or BSA (reference to address stickiness). The wells of theELISA plate were prefilled with 1% BSA-PBST (50 µl/well). Plates wereincubated for 1 hour at room temperature. Plates were washed three timeswith water with 0.05% TWEEN to remove unbound scFv. Bound scFv wasdetected by adding an anti-YOL antibody (Thermo Scientific # MA180189)(1:500 diluted in 1% BSA-PBST (0.05%)) that detects a porcinealpha-tubulin motif in the linker between the heavy and light chain.Samples were incubated at room temperature for 1 hour. Plates werewashed three times with water with 0.05% TWEEN to remove unbound scFv.The anti-YOL antibody was detected by adding an anti-rat-HRP antibody(Thermo Scientific # 31470) (1:7500 diluted in 1% BSA-PBST (0.05%)) [100Œ°l/well) and incubating at room temperature for 1 hour. Plates werewashed three times with water with 0.05% TWEEN to remove unboundantibody. Plates were developed using TMB(3,3’,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine) substrate (100 µL/well for 6 minutes atroom temperature. The reactions were stopped with H2SO4 (0.5 M, 100µL/well). The relative activity was measured as the absorbance readingat 450 nM. The absorbance at each temperature was graphed. The meltingtemperature was determined to be the EC50 of each sample, thetemperature at which the binding of the scFv was reduced to 50% ofmaximal signal. The results are presented in Table 15.

Results: The assay results demonstrate that the CD3 scFv 3.23 and 3.24had a Tm of 5° C. higher than the parental CD3.9, while the CD3.25 andCD3.26 (sequences shown in Table 14) scFv had T_(m) that were equivalentto the parental CD3.9.

TABLE 14 scFv Sequences Construct Amino Acid Sequence SEQ ID NO: CD3.25ELVVTQEPSHTVSPGGTVTLTCRSSTGAVTSSNYANWVQQKPGQAPRGLIGGTIKRAPGTPARFSGSLLGGKAALTLSGVQPEDEAEYYCALWYPNLWVFGGGTKLTVLGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGEVQLLESGGGIVQPGGSLKLSCAASGFTFNTYAMNWVRQAPGKGLEWVARIRSKYNNYATYYADSVKDRFTISRDDSKNTVYLQMNNLKTEDTAVYYCVRHENFGNSYVSW FAHWGQGTLVTVSS 938CD3.26 ELVVTQEPSHTVSPGGTVTLTCRSSTGEVTTSNYANWVQQKPGQAPRGLIGGTIKRAPGTPARFSGSLLGGKAALTLSGVQPEDEAEYYCALWYPNLWVFGGGTKLTVLGATPPETGAETESPGETTGGSAESEPPGEGEVQLLESGGGIVQPGGSLKLSCAASGFTFNTYAMNWVRQAPGKGLEWVARIRSKYNNYATYYADSVKDRFTISRDDSKNTVYLQMNNLKTEDTAVYYCVRHENFGNSYVSW FAHWGQGTLVTVSS 939

2. Determination of Binding Affinity to CD3

The binding affinity of each scFv was measured using the ForteBio BLItzinstrument. A dilution series of each scFv was prepared in PBS (300µL/tube) starting from 1000 nM to 62.5 nM in one to one dilution stepsfor CD3.24-26, 400 nM to 25 nM in one to one dilution steps for CD3.23.Biotinylated CD3Œµ antigen (Creative Biomart) was diluted in PBS to afinal concentration of 30 ug/ml. Streptavidin Biosensors (ForteBio) wereactivated in PBS for 10 minutes. To perform the measurements, thestreptavidin biosensors were applied to the BLItz instrument. A tubecontaining 300 µL of PBS was transferred to the BLItz instrument for 30seconds. A tube containing biotinylated CD3Œµ (30 ug/ml, 300 µL/tube)was transferred to the BLItz instrument to measure capture of antigen tosensor for 120 seconds. A tube containing 300 µL of PBS was transferredto the BLItz instrument for 30 seconds to measure the baseline signal. Atube containing test scFv (30 ug/ml, 300 µL/tube) was transferred to theBLItz instrument to measure association of the scFv to antigen-loadedbiosensor for 120 seconds. A tube containing 300 µL of PBS wastransferred to the BLItz instrument for 120 seconds to measuredissociation of the scFv scFv from the antigen-loaded biosensor. Theprotocol was repeated for each scFv dilution. The K_(D) of each antibodywas determined using the BLI software (ForteBio). The results arepresented in Table 15.

Results: The assay results demonstrate that the CD3 sequence variantsall had reduced binding affinity to CD3 in comparison to the parentalCD3.9.

TABLE 15 TM and Binding Affinity Results scFv Construct Melting temp(°C) Binding Affinity (nM) CD3.9 57 75 CD3.23 62 175 CD3.24 62 296CD3.25 57 215 CD3.26 57 221

Conclusions: Two new anti-CD3 scFvs have been identified that haveimproved thermal stability. Each new scFv has 8 to 9 mutations relativeto CD3.9, residing primarily in the CDRs. These mutations have reducedaffinity of the scFvs for their target (CD3) compared to the parentalCD3.9 but bispecific T cell engagers utilizing CD3.23 are stillefficacious in cell killing assays and in vivo.

Example 3: Fermentation and Purification of Stable Chimeric FusionPolypeptide Comprising Bispecific Antigen Binding Fragments, ReleaseSegments, and XTEN

The following example describes production of a chimeric bispecificantigen binding fragment composition.

Construct ID pJB0169 is a molecule having eight distinct domains. Fromthe N-terminus to the C-terminus, the molecule consists of an N-terminalpolyhistidine tag (His6) (SEQ ID NO: 794), an unstructured 292 aminoacid chain (XTEN_AE293), a protease cleavable release segment (RS), ananti-EGFR scFv (aEGFR.2), an anti-CD3 scFv (aCD3.9), another proteasecleavable release segment (RS), an unstructured 864 amino acid chain,and four C-terminal residues - glutamic acid, proline, glutamic acid,alanine (C-tag) (XTEN_AE868).

EXPRESSION: Molecule pJB0169 was expressed in a proprietary E. coliAmE098 strain and partitioned into the periplasm via an N-terminalsecretory leader sequence (MKKNIAFLLASMFVFSIATNAYA- (SEQ ID NO: 940)),which was cleaved during translocation. Fermentation cultures were grownwith animal-free complex medium at 37° C. and temperature shifted to 26°C. prior to phosphate depletion with continued fermentation for 12 hoursfollowing phosphate depletion. During harvest, fermentation whole brothwas centrifuged to pellet the cells. At harvest, the total volume andthe wet cell weight (WCW; ratio of pellet to supernatant) were recorded,and the pelleted cells were collected and frozen at -80° C.

CLARIFICATION: Frozen cell pellet of pJB0169 was resuspended 3-fold inlysis buffer (60 mM acetic acid, 350 mM NaCl) at pH 4.5, and the cellswere lysed via homogenization. The homogenate was flocculated overnightat pH 4.5 and 2-8° C. The flocculated homogenate was centrifuged, andthe supernatant was retained. The supernatant was diluted approximately3-fold with water, then adjusted to 7±1 mS/cm with NaCl. The supernatantwas then adjusted to 0.1% (m/m) diatomaceous earth and mixed viaimpeller. The supernatant was filtered through a filter train endingwith a 0.22 µm filter. The filtrate was adjusted to pH 7.0 with sodiumphosphate dibasic.

PURIFICATION: Molecule pJB0169 was initially captured from clarifiedlysate and purified by Protein-L Chromatography (TOYOPEARL AF-rProteinL-650F). Subsequently, IMAC chromatography (GE IMAC Sepharose 6 FF) wasused to select for the N-terminal His6-tag (SEQ ID NO: 794), then C-tagaffinity chromatography (CaptureSelect C-tagXL Affinity Matrix) was usedto select for the C-terminal EPEA-tag (SEQ ID NO: 796). Anion exchangechromatography (BIA CIMmultus QA monolith) was used to remove HMWCs andto polish to final purity.

ANALYTICS: The aggregation state of the process intermediates wasmonitored by SEC-HPLC. The SEC-HPLC method was performed using aPhenomenex 3 µm SEC-4000 300 × 7.8 mm (P/N 00H-4514-K0), a 20-minuteisocratic method, at 1 mL/min, while monitoring the absorbance at 220nm. pJB0169 monomer elutes from the analytical column at 6.2 minutes,and HMWC elute from 4.8-6.0 minutes. SEC-HPLC quality was measured asthe relative area under the curve at 6.2 minutes versus the total areaunder the curve from 4.8-6.4 minutes.

Results: Aggregation summary (SEC-HPLC % monomer) for construct pJB0169following each unit operation are presented in Table 16. Recovery of ≥95% monomer was the quality threshold upon final polishing as thecriterion for considering a molecule stable or processable.

TABLE 16 Analytic Results Unit Operation Number Unit OperationDescription pJB0169 αEGFR.2-αCD3.9 1 Clarified lysate 26.7% 2 Protein Leluate 40.7% 3 IMAC eluate 52.8% 4 C-tag eluate 71.0% 5 AEX eluate 99.9%stable

CONCLUSIONS: Construct pJB0169 was purified to the target monomericquality by SEC-HPLC (≥ 95% monomer), indicating that the construct isstable and compatible with both recovery and purification operations.

STABILITY IMPROVEMENT AND ASSESSMENT: New scFv’s (anti-EGFR.23 andanti-CD3.32) were designed for improved stability via (1) reduction ofsurface hydrophobicity and (2) reduction of isoelectric pointdifferences between the paired scFv molecules (fused by a short peptidelinker) by substitution of amino acids at select locations. ConstructspAH0025 and pAH0026 represent design iterations on pJB0169, wherepAH0025 contains the anti-CD3.32 scFv variant, and pAH0026 contains boththe anti-CD3.32 scFv variant and the EGFR.23 scFv variant. ConstructspAH0025 and pAH0026 would be expressed, clarified, purified, andanalyzed as above; the SEC-HPLC results throughout the purificationwould be monitored and compared to pJB0169 or other constructs (e.g.,αEGFR.2-αCD3.23) to assess relative stability. New design pairings maybe more stable than a corresponding αEGFR.2-αCD3.23 construct (such as amolecule which, from the N-terminus to the C-terminus consists of anN-terminal polyhistidine tag (His6) (SEQ ID NO: 794), an unstructured292 amino acid chain (XTEN_AE292), a protease cleavable release segment(RS), an anti-EGFR scFv (aEGFR.2), an anti-CD3 scFv (aCD3.23), anotherprotease cleavable release segment (RS), an unstructured 864 amino acidchain, and four C-terminal residues - glutamic acid, proline, glutamicacid, alanine (C-tag) (XTEN_AE868)). The pAH0025 and pAH0026 constructsmay also be expected to show concomitant improvement in percent monomercontent, as measured by SEC-HPLC, following the unit operationstabulated below or a subset thereof (Table 17). Any construct that meetsthe purity target of ≥ 95% monomer would be considered stable orprocessable.

TABLE 17 Analytic Results Unit Operation Number Unit OperationDescription SEC-HPLC quality (% monomer) pJB0169 αEGFR.2-αCD3.9 pAH0025αEGFR.2-αCD3.32 pAH0026 αEGFR.23-αCD3.32 1 Clarified lysate 26.7% TBDTBD 2 Protein L eluate 40.7% TBD TBD 3 IMAC eluate 52.8% TBD TBD 4 C-tageluate 71.0% TBD TBD 5 AEX eluate 99.9% TBD TBD stable TBD TBD

Example 4: Binding Affinity of anti-EpCAM × anti-CD3 Bispecific AntigenBinding Polypeptide Composition.

The binding affinity of anti-EpCAM × anti-CD3 bispecific antigen bindingpolypeptide constructs pJB0189 and pCW1645 to human EpCAM and human CD3was measured using flow cytometry with huEp-CHO 4-12B (CHO cell linetransfected with human EpCAM) and Jurkat cells.

The binding constants for anti-EpCAM × anti-CD3 bispecific antigenbinding polypeptide binding to EpCAM-expressing and CD3-expressing cellswas measured by competition binding with a fluorescently-labeled,protease-treated bispecific antigen binding polypeptide. Thefluorescently-labeled, protease-treated bispecific antigen bindingpolypeptide was made by conjugation of Alexa Fluor 647 C2 maleimide(Thermo Fisher, cat#A20347) to a cysteine-containing, protease-treatedbispecific antigen binding polypeptide mutant (MMP-9 treated pCW1645).Binding experiments were performed on 10,000 cells at 4° C. for 1 hourin a total volume of 100 microL of binding buffer (2% FCS, 5 mM EDTA,HBSS). Cells were washed once with cold binding buffer, thenre-suspended in 1% formaldehyde in phosphate-buffered saline andimmediately analyzed on a Millipore Guava easyCyte flow cytometer.Binding of the fluorescently labeled, protease-treated pCW1645 was foundto have an apparent K_(d) value of 1 nM to hEp-CHO 4-12B and 4 nM toCD3+ Jurkat cells.

Competition binding experiments were performed on 10,000 hEp-CHO 4-12Bcells with 1.5 nM fluorescently-labeled, protease-treated pCW1645 at 4°C. for 1 hour in a total volume of 100 microL of binding buffer (2% FCS,5 mM EDTA, HBSS). Cells were washed once with cold binding buffer, thenre-suspended in 1% formaldehyde in phosphate-buffered saline andimmediately analyzed on a Millipore Guava easyCyte flow cytometer.Competition binding of fluorescently-labeled, protease-treated pCW1645to hEp-CHO 4-12B cells with cleaved bispecific antigen bindingpolypeptide (pJB0189 hEp.2-hCD3.9 or AC1984 hEp.2-hCD3.23) resulted inapparent binding constants of 0.5 nM for hEp.2 (panitumimab).

Competition binding experiments were performed on 10,000 Jurkat cellswith 10 nM fluorescently-labeled, protease-treated pCW1645 at 4° C. for1 hour in a total volume of 100 microL of binding buffer (2% FCS, 5 mMEDTA, HBSS). Cells were washed once with cold binding buffer, thenre-suspended in 1% formaldehyde in phosphate-buffered saline andimmediately analyzed on a Millipore Guava easyCyte flow cytometer.Competition binding of fluorescently-labeled, protease-treated pCW1645to Jurkat cells with cleaved bispecific antigen binding polypeptide(pJB0189 hEp.2-hCD3.9 or AC1984 hEp.2-hCD3.23) resulted in apparentbinding constants of 75 nM for hCD3.9 and 300 nM for hCD3.23 for CD3binding and 0.5 nM for EpCAM binding.

Conclusions: The binding affinity of CD3.23 for CD3 on Jurkat cells is300 nM, which is 4-fold weaker than the affinity of CD3.9. The bindingaffinity of hEp.2 for EpCAM on Jurkat cells is 0.5 nM.

Example 5: Binding Affinity of anti-EGFR × anti-CD3 Bispecific AntigenBinding Polypeptide Composition.

The binding affinity of anti-EGFR × anti-CD3 bispecific antigen bindingpolypeptide constructs to human EGFR and human CD3 are measured usingflow cytometry with EGFR positive human cells selected from HT-29,HCT-116, NCI-H1573, NCI-H1975, and Jurkat cells for CD3.

The binding constants for anti-EGFR × anti-CD3 bispecific antigenbinding polypeptide binding to EGFR-expressing and CD3-expressing cellsare measured by competition binding with a fluorescently labeled,protease-treated bispecific antigen binding polypeptide. Thefluorescently labeled bispecific antigen binding polypeptide is made byconjugation of Alexa Fluor 647 C2 maleimide (Thermo Fisher, cat#A20347)to a cysteine-containing bispecific antigen binding polypeptide mutant(MMP-9 treated pJB0297) with hEGFR.2-hCD3.23 and two XTEN. Thefluorescently-labeled, protease-treated bispecific antigen bindingpolypeptide is made by conjugation of Alexa Fluor 647 C2 maleimide(Thermo Fisher, cat#A20347) to a cysteine-containing, protease-treatedbispecific antigen binding polypeptide mutant (MMP-9 treated pJB0297).Binding experiments are performed on 10,000 cells at 4° C. for 1 hour ina total volume of 100 microL of binding buffer (2% FCS, 5 mM EDTA,HBSS). Cells are washed once with cold binding buffer, then re-suspendedin 1% formaldehyde in phosphate-buffered saline and immediately analyzedon a Millipore Guava easyCyte flow cytometer. Binding of thefluorescently-labeled, protease-treated pJB0297 is expected to have anapparent K_(d) value in the low nM concentration to hEGFR bearing cellsand about 300 nM to CD3+ Jurkat cells. Binding of thefluorescently-labeled pJB0297 with two XTEN is expected to have anapparent K_(d) value about 10- to 100-fold weaker than forfluorescently-labeled, protease-treated bispecific antigen bindingpolypeptide to hEGFR bearing cells and CD3+ Jurkat cells.

Competition binding experiments are performed on 10,000 hEGFR cells at aconcentration of fluorescently-labeled, protease-treated pJB0297 closeto the K_(d) from the previously described binding experiment at 4° C.for 1 hour in a total volume of 100 microL of binding buffer (2% FCS, 5mM EDTA, HBSS). Cells are washed once with cold binding buffer, thenre-suspended in 1% formaldehyde in phosphate-buffered saline andimmediately analyzed on a Millipore Guava easyCyte flow cytometer.Competition binding of fluorescently-labeled, protease-treated pJB0297to hEGFR cells with pJB0244 bispecific antigen binding polypeptide isexpected to have an apparent binding constant similar to the directbinding constant of fluorescently-labeled pJB0297.

Competition binding experiments are performed on 10,000 Jurkat cellswith about 300 nM (or a concentration close to the K_(d) from thepreviously described binding experiment) of fluorescently-labeled,protease-treated pJB0297 at 4° C. for 1 hour in a total volume of 100microL of binding buffer (2% FCS, 5 mM EDTA, HBSS). Cells are washedonce with cold binding buffer, then re-suspended in 1% formaldehyde inphosphate-buffered saline and immediately analyzed on a Millipore GuavaeasyCyte flow cytometer. Competition binding of fluorescently-labeled,protease-treated pJB0297 to Jurkat cells with pJB0244 bispecific antigenbinding polypeptide is expected to have an apparent binding constantsimilar to the direct binding constant of fluorescently-labeled pJB0297,which is expected to be in the low micromolar to nanomolar concentrationrange.

Example 6: Enzyme Activation, Storage and Digestion ofRSR-1517-containing XTEN AC1611 (RSR-1517).

This example demonstrates that RSR-1517-containing XTEN constructAC1611, can be cleaved by various tumor-associated proteases includingrecombinant human uPA, matriptase, legumain, MMP-2, MMP-7, MMP-9, andMMP-14, in test tubes. The amino acid sequence of AC1611 is presented inTable 18, below.

1. Enzyme Activation

All enzymes used were obtained from R&D Systems. Recombinant humanu-plasminogen activator (uPA) and recombinant human matriptase wereprovided as activated enzymes and stored at -80° C. until use.Recombinant mouse MMP-2, recombinant human MMP-7, and recombinant mouseMMP-9 were supplied as zymogens and required activation by4-aminophenylmercuric acetate (APMA). APMA was first dissolved in 0.1 MNaOH to a final concentration of 10 mM before the pH was readjusted toneutral using 0.1 M HCl. Further dilution of the APMA stock to 2.5 mMwas done in 50 mM Tris pH 7.5, 150 mM NaCl, 10 mM CaCl2. To activatepro-MMP, 1 mM APMA and 100 µg/mL of pro-MMP in 50 mM Tris pH 7.5, 150 mMNaCl, 10 mM CaCl2 were incubated at 37° C. for 1 hour (MMP-2, MMP-7) or24 hours (MMP-9). To activate MMP-14, 0.86 µg/mL recombinant human furinand 40 µg/mL pro-MMP-14 in 50 mM Tris pH 9, 1 mM CaCl2 were incubated at37° C. for 1.5 hours. To activate legumain, 100 µg/mL pro-legumain in 50mM sodium acetate pH 4, 100 mM NaCl were incubated at 37° C. for 2hours. 100% Ultrapure glycerol were added to all activated enzymes(including uPA and MTSP1) to a final concentration of 50% glycerol, thenbe stored at -20° C. for several weeks.

2. Enzymatic Digestion

A panel of enzymes was tested to determine cleavage efficiency of eachenzyme for AC1611. 6 µM of the substrate was incubated with each enzymein the following enzyme-to-substrate molar ratios and conditions: uPA(1:25 in 50 mM Tris pH 8.5), matriptase (1:25 in 50 mM Tris pH 9, 50 mMNaCl), legumain (1:20 in 50 mM MES pH 5, 250 mM NaCl), MMP-2 (1:1200 in50 mM Tris pH 7.5, 150 mM NaCl, 10 mM CaCl2), MMP-7 (1:1200 in 50 mMTris pH 7.5, 150 mM NaCl, 10 mM CaCl2), MMP-9 (1:2000 in 50 mM Tris pH7.5, 150 mM NaCl, 10 mM CaCl2), and MMP-14 (1:30 in 50 mM Tris pH 8.5, 3mM CaCl2, 1 µM ZnCl2) in 20 uL reactions. Reactions were incubated at37° C. for two hours before stopped by adding EDTA to 20 mM in the caseof MMP reactions, heating at 85° C. for 15 minutes in the case of uPAand matriptase reactions, and adjusting pH to 8.5 in the case oflegumain.

3. Analysis of Cleavage Efficiency.

Analysis of the samples to determine percentage of cleaved product wasperformed by loading 2 µL of undigested substrate (at 12 µM) and 4 µLdigested (at 6 µM) reaction mixture on SDS-PAGE and staining withStains-All (Sigma Aldrich), as shown on FIG. 75 . ImageJ software wasused to analyze corresponding band intensity and determine percent ofcleavage. Upon cleavage by various proteases at the release segment, thesubstrate RSR-1517-containing XTEN would yield two fragments, and thelarger fragment was utilized in % cleavage calculations (quantity ofreaction product divided by total initial substrate went into thereaction) while band intensity of the smaller product is too low toquantify. The percentage of cleavage of AC1611 under the currentstandard experimental conditions is 31%, 14%, 16%, 40%, 51%, 38%, 30%,for uPA, matriptase, legumain, MMP-2, MMP-7, MMP-9, MMP-14,respectively.

Conclusions: We selected a particular release segment RSR-1517 (aminoacid sequence EAGRSANHEPLGLVAT (SEQ ID NO: 53)) and determined itscleavage profile as defined by percentage of cleavage under currentstandard experimental condition for all seven enzymes. This releasesegment has intermediate cleavage efficiency for all enzymes so thatduring screening, cleavage of faster or slower variants will fall withinthe assay window to allow accurate ranking.

TABLE 18 Amino acid sequence of AC1611 with Release Segment RSR-1617Construct Name Amino Acid Sequence* AC1611MKNPEQAEEQAEEQREETGKPIPNPLLGLDSTEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTAEAASASGEAGRSANHEPLGLVATPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGSEPATSGSETPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGTSTEPSEGSAPGSPAGSPTSTEEGTSESATPESGPGSEPATSGSETPGTSESATPESGPGSPAGSPTSTEEGSPAHHHHHHHH (SEQ ID NO: 941)

Example 7: Screening Release Segment Using RSR-1517 (AC1611) as Control

Here we select uPA as the example to show how the release segmentscreening was performed. The same procedure was applied to all seventumor-associated proteases to define the relative cleavage profile foreach substrate, which is a seven number array to describe how well itcan be cleaved for each enzyme, when compared to the control substrateRSR-1517. All polypeptides of Table 19 had the amino acid sequence ofAC1611, but with the substitution of the release segment peptide of theindicated construct swapped in for the EAGRSANHEPLGLVAT sequence ofAC1611 (SEQ ID NO: 53); e.g., BSRS-4 has a release segment sequence ofLAGRSDNHSPLGLAGS (SEQ ID NO: 945) but otherwise has complete sequenceidentity to AC1611.

1. Enzymatic Digestion

All release segment-containing XTEN variants and the control AC1611 werediluted to 12 µM in 50 mM Tris pH 7.5, 150 mM NaCl, 10 mM CaCl2 inindividual Eppendorf tubes. A master mix of uPA was prepared so thatafter 1:1 mixing with each substrate, the total reaction volume is 20µL, the initial substrate concentration is 6 µM, and theenzyme-to-substrate ratio was varied between 1:20 to 1:3000, dependingon the enzyme, in order to have reaction products and uncleavedsubstrate that could be visualized at the endpoint. All reactions wereincubated at 37° C. for two hours before stopped by adding EDTA to afinal concentration of 20 mM. All products were analyzed by non-reducingSDS-PAGE followed by Stains-All. For each gel, AC1611 digestion productwas always included as the staining control to normalize differentialstaining between different gels.

2. Relative Cleavage Efficiency Calculation

Percentage of cleavage for individual substrate was analyzed by ImageJsoftware and calculated as described before. For each variant, therelative cleavage efficiency is calculated as follows:

$Log_{2}\left( \frac{\%\mspace{6mu} Cleaved\mspace{6mu} for\mspace{6mu} substrate\mspace{6mu} of\mspace{6mu} interest}{\%\mspace{6mu} cleaved\mspace{6mu} for\mspace{6mu} AC1611\mspace{6mu} in\mspace{6mu} the\mspace{6mu} same\mspace{6mu} experiment} \right)$

A +1 value in relative cleavage efficiency indicates the substrateyielded twice as much product when compared to the AC1611 control whilea -1 value in relative cleavage efficiency indicates the substrateyielded only 50% as much product when compared to the AC1611 control,under the experimental condition specified above.

In this experiment, the percentage of cleavage (% cleaved) for AC1611 is20%, as quantified by ImageJ. The substrates being screened in thisexperiment demonstrated 21%, 39%, 1%, 58%, 24%, 6%, 15%, 1%, 1%, and 25%cleavage, where 1% essentially represents below detection limit and doesnot indicate accurate values. The relative cleavage efficienciescalculated based on the formula above were 0.08, 0.95, -4.34, 1.51,0.26, -1.76, -0.47, -4.34, -4.34, and 0.32, respectively.

Conclusions: We determined relative cleavage efficiencies of 10 releasesegment variants when subject to uPA when compared to AC1611 in the sameexperiment. Following similar procedures, we determined the cleavageprofiles of 134 release segments, the results of which are listed inTable 19, using RSR1517 (AC1611) as the reference control. These releasesegments covers a wide range of cleavage efficiency for individualenzyme as well as combinations. For example, RSR-1478 has a -2.00 valuefor MMP-14, meaning that this substrate yielded only 25% of productcompared to the reference control RSR-1517 when digested with MMP-14.Certain release segments, such as RSR-1951, appear to be bettersubstrate for all seven proteases tested. These faster release segmentsmay prove to be useful in the clinic if the systemic toxicity islow/manageable while efficacy (partially depending on how fast cleavagehappens to render bispecific antigen binding composition as theactivated form) needs improvement.

TABLE 19 Cleavage profiles of Release Segment when subjected to sevenhuman proteases using RSR-1517 as control RS ID AC# AA Sequence SEQ IDNO: uPA Matriptase Leguman MMP-2 MMP-7 MMP-9 MMP-14 RSR-1517 AC1611EAGRSANHEPLGLVAT 53 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 BSRS-4 AC1602LAGRSDNHSPLGLAGS 945 -0.99 1.69 0.48 0.09 -0.49 -0.04 -0.58 BSRS-5AC1603 LAGRSDNHVPLSLSMG 942 -1.40 1.76 0.56 -0.52 0.00 -0.75 -0.21BSRS-6 AC1604 LAGRSDNHEPLELVAG 943 -2.71 0.47 0.23 -1.26 0.00 -1.16-2.79 BSRS-A1 AC1605 ASGRSTNAGPSGLAGP 54 1.43 2.77 0.09 -0.16 -2.18 0.03-1.24 BSRS-A2 AC1606 ASGRSTNAGPQGLAGQ 55 1.36 2.77 -0.14 0.09 -2.64 0.03-1.03 BSRS-A3 AC1607 ASGRSTNAGPPGLTGP 56 1.49 2.77 0.05 -1.07 -3.47-1.82 -3.59 VP-1 AC1608 ASSRGTNAGPAGLTGP 57 -2.19 1.16 0.90 0.09 -1.220.23 0.00 RSR-1752 AC1609 ASSRTTNTGPSTLTGP 58 -0.55 0.70 0.29 -0.34-1.29 -0.94 -5.38 RSR-1512 AC1610 AAGRSDNGTPLELVAP 59 -2.96 1.51 0.56-1.43 -0.45 -1.09 -3.91 RSR-1517 AC1611 EAGRSANHEPLGLVAT 53 0.00 0.000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 VP-2 AC1612 ASGRGTNAGPAGLTGP 60 -0.70 1.38 1.120.00 -0.58 0.23 -0.15 RSR-1018 AC1613 LFGRNDNHEPLELGGG 61 -4.62 -0.531.36 -0.73 -0.43 -2.56 -1.79 RSR-1053 AC1614 TAGRSDNLEPLGLVFG 62 -3.21-0.12 -0.13 0.09 -0.03 0.25 -0.19 RSR-1059 AC1615 LDGRSDNFHPPELVAG 63-4.62 -0.89 0.56 -3.10 -2.62 -5.14 -6.49 RSR-1065 AC1616LEGRSDNEEPENLVAG 64 -4.62 -2.70 0.43 -1.84 -1.00 -3.14 -1.85 RSR-1167AC1617 LKGRSDNNAPLALVAG 65 -4.62 3.35 1.32 0.09 0.22 1.18 0.06 RSR-1201AC1618 VYSRGTNAGPHGLTGR 66 -3.02 2.35 1.25 0.09 -1.30 0.79 -0.30RSR-1218 AC1619 ANSRGTNKGFAGLIGP 67 -0.52 2.66 1.74 -0.30 0.00 -1.33-1.60 RSR-1226 AC1620 ASSRLTNEAPAGLTIP 68 -0.98 0.29 0.58 0.07 -0.43-2.33 -0.42 RSR-1254 AC1621 DQSRGTNAGPEGLTDP 69 -1.27 -1.17 1.00 -3.10-2.32 -4.14 -2.92 RSR-1256 AC 1622 ESSRGTNIGQGGLTGP 70 -1.65 -0.58 0.27-2.26 -3.32 -5.14 -5.51 RSR-1261 AC1623 SSSRGTNQDPAGLTIP 71 -1.77 -0.360.62 -1.14 -1.25 -3.56 -0.98 RSR-1293 AC1624 ASSRGQNHSPMGLTGP 72 -4.692.15 0.91 -0.70 -0.01 1.30 -0.67 RSR-1309 AC1625 AYSRGPNAGPAGLEGR 73-4.69 0.53 0.74 -0.70 -2.25 0.86 0.02 RSR-1326 AC1626 ASERGNNAGPANLTGF74 -0.27 1.27 1.64 -0.85 -0.74 0.28 -0.13 RSR-1345 AC1627ASHRGTNPKPAILTGP 75 0.42 ND ND ND ND -0.50 ND RSR-1354 AC1628MSSRRTNANPAQLTGP 76 1.07 2.82 0.36 -0.77 -0.64 -1.82 -1.87 RSR-1426AC1629 GAGRTDNHEPLELGAA 77 -2.36 -0.65 -0.19 -2.82 -0.18 -0.11 -4.07RSR-1478 AC1630 LAGRSENTAPLELTAG 78 -2.06 1.18 0.54 -0.82 0.00 1.73-2.00 RSR-1479 AC1631 LEGRPDNHEPLALVAS 79 -3.47 -3.46 0.12 -0.74 0.002.05 0.02 RSR-1496 AC1632 LSGRSDNEEPLALPAG 80 -3.48 -1.46 0.22 -2.81-5.06 -3.20 -3.22 RSR-1508 AC1633 EAGRTDNHEPLELSAP 81 -2.74 -1.46 -0.26-1.48 0.00 0.56 -2.93 RSR-1513 AC1634 EGGRSDNHGPLELVSG 82 -2.81 -1.870.27 -0.90 0.00 1.29 -3.81 RSR-1516 AC1635 LSGRSDNEAPLELEAG 83 -3.71-1.87 0.70 -1.69 -0.09 -1.39 -3.22 RSR-1524 AC1636 LGGRADNHEPPELGAG 84-0.84 1.12 0.95 -1.22 -2.84 -0.74 -2.57 RSR-1622 AC1637 PPSRGTNAEPAGLTGE85 -4.66 -3.46 0.62 -0.70 -1.09 0.93 -0.78 RSR-1629 AC1638ASTRGENAGPAGLEAP 86 -4.66 -1.14 1.09 -0.70 -1.74 0.19 -0.25 RSR-1664AC1639 ESSRGTNGAPEGLTGP 87 -4.66 -3.46 0.32 -1.18 -0.76 -0.76 -2.31RSR-1667 AC1640 ASSRATNESPAGLTGE 88 -3.05 2.00 0.46 -0.93 -1.25 -0.97-0.83 RSR-1709 AC1641 ASSRGENPPPGGLTGP 89 -2.64 0.77 -1.00 -0.93 -2.06-0.76 -1.72 RSR-1712 AC1642 AASRGTNTGPAELTGS 90 -4.07 -0.51 0.66 -0.93-0.64 0.29 -0.19 RSR-1727 AC1643 AGSRTTNAGPGGLEGP 91 -3.55 -0.51 0.32-1.58 -4.84 -3.08 -1.78 RSR-1754 AC1644 APSRGENAGPATLTGA 92 -4.68 -3.321.06 0.19 -1.40 -1.50 -0.17 RSR-1819 AC1645 ESGRAANTGPPTLTAP 93 1.200.79 -0.70 -3.41 -5.64 -4.67 -6.92 RSR-1832 AC1646 NPGRAANEGPPGLPGS 94-3.62 0.58 0.81 -4.39 -6.64 -4.67 -6.48 RSR-1855 AC1647 ESSRAANLTPPELTGP95 -0.08 -1.62 0.77 -3.07 -3.47 -4.67 -2.92 RSR-1911 AC1648ASGRAANETPPGLTGA 96 0.99 2.20 0.56 -1.29 -3.84 -1.39 -3.11 RSR-1929AC1649 NSGRGENLGAPGLTGT 97 -1.68 ND ND ND ND -3.08 ND RSR-1951 AC1650TTGRAANLTPAGLTGP 98 1.94 2.57 0.39 0.09 -0.09 0.13 -0.42 RSR-2295 AC1761EAGRSANHTPAGLTGP 99 0.40 1.48 0.01 1.20 0.35 0.13 0.97 RSR-2298 AC1762ESGRAANTTPAGLTGP 100 1.01 0.86 0.55 1.24 0.24 0.07 1.03 RSR-2038 AC1679TTGRATEAANLTPAGLTGP 101 4.75 1.00 0.81 0.86 0.10 0.15 0.27 RSR-2072AC1680 TTGRAEEAANLTPAGLTGP 102 0.00 -0.49 1.00 0.86 0.11 -0.12 0.27RSR-2089 AC1681 TTGRAGEAANLTPAGLTGP 103 3.91 2.05 0.32 0.85 0.02 -0.040.27 RSR-2302 AC1682 TTGRATEAANATPAGLTGP 104 4.73 0.65 0.00 0.74 -0.48-0.35 0.10 RSR-3047 AC1697 TTGRAGEAEGATSAGATGP 105 RSR-3052 AC1698TTGEAGEAANATSAGATGP 106 RSR-3043 AC1699 TTGEAGEAAGLTPAGLTGP 107 RSR-3041AC1700 TTGAAGEAANATPAGLTGP 108 RSR-3044 AC1701 TTGRAGEAAGLTPAGLTGP 109RSR-3057 AC1702 TTGRAGEAANATSAGATGP 110 RSR-3058 AC1703TTGEAGEAAGATSAGATGP 111 RSR-2485 AC1763 ESGRAANTEPPELGAG 112 0.61 -0.900.15 -5.82 -6.27 -5.36 -5.64 RSR-2486 AC1764 ESGRAANTAPEGLTGP 113 1.030.24 0.95 0.30 0.37 -0.33 -0.74 RSR-2488 AC1688 EPGRAANHEPSGLTEG 114-3.27 -1.21 -1.30 -0.73 -0.91 -1.86 -0.88 RSR-2599 AC1706ESGRAANHTGAPPGGLTGP 115 1.70 1.02 0.36 0.68 -1.49 -0.71 -2.04 RSR-2706AC1716 TTGRTGEGANATPGGLTGP 116 0.07 0.83 1.17 -0.04 -2.25 -2.25 0.00RSR-2707 AC1717 RTGRSGEAANETPEGLEGP 117 1.95 3.25 0.96 -1.96 -2.75 -5.00-1.39 RSR-2708 AC1718 RTGRTGESANETPAGLGGP 118 1.24 3.25 0.88 -0.37 -3.55-4.00 -0.49 RSR-2709 AC1719 STGRTGEPANETPAGLSGP 119 -0.14 0.38 0.40 0.35-1.03 -1.68 1.86 RSR-2710 AC1720 TTGRAGEPANATPTGLSGP 120 -0.21 2.04 0.560.15 -3.23 -1.83 -0.07 RSR-2711 AC1721 RTGRPGEGANATPTGLPGP 121 0.58 3.221.45 -6.04 -5.55 -5.00 -4.39 RSR-2712 AC1722 RTGRGGEAANATPSGLGGP 1220.86 3.15 1.21 -0.34 -3.97 -2.68 -1.58 RSR-2713 AC1723STGRSGESANATPGGLGGP 123 0.96 2.22 0.78 -5.04 -5.25 -5.25 -3.32 RSR-2714AC 1724 RTGRTGEEANATPAGLPGP 124 0.83 3.23 0.96 -4.46 -5.55 -5.00 -4.39RSR-2715 AC1725 ATGRPGEPANTTPEGLEGP 125 -4.32 -3.17 0.46 -1.34 -1.93-1.93 -1.32 RSR-2716 AC1726 STGRSGEPANATPGGLTGP 126 1.00 2.41 0.51 -0.46-3.55 -2.68 -1.22 RSR-2717 AC1727 PTGRGGEGANTTPTGLPGP 127 -0.21 1.541.28 -6.04 -5.55 -5.00 -4.39 RSR-2718 AC1728 PTGRSGEGANATPSGLTGP 1281.54 3.40 1.29 1.30 -0.20 -0.20 1.63 RSR-2719 AC1729 TTGRASEGANSTPAPLTEP129 0.26 1.15 1.30 -1.46 -0.16 -0.16 1.68 RSR-2720 AC1730TYGRAAEAANTTPAGLTAP 130 -1.65 2.14 1.21 0.56 0.45 0.21 2.25 RSR-2721AC1731 TTGRATEGANATPAELTEP 131 0.77 -0.85 1.25 -2.44 0.00 -4.91 -3.75RSR-2722 AC1732 TVGRASEEANTTPASLTGP 132 -1.74 -1.17 0.39 1.08 1.00 1.002.14 RSR-2723 AC1733 TTGRAPEAANATPAPLTGP 133 -0.42 -3.17 1.32 0.76 0.660.66 2.17 RSR-2724 AC1734 TWGRATEPANATPAPLTSP 134 -4.32 1.00 0.55 0.810.42 0.42 2.58 RSR-2725 AC1735 TVGRASESANATPAELTSP 135 -4.32 -0.17 0.86-0.02 0.45 -1.74 -2.17 RSR-2726 AC1736 TVGRAPEGANSTPAGLTGP 136 -4.32-3.17 1.39 1.22 0.24 0.24 2.10 RSR-2727 AC1737 TWGRATEAPNLEPATLTTP 137-4.32 0.00 -0.30 -0.50 0.17 -3.91 -1.95 RSR-2728 AC1738TTGRATEAPNLTPAPLTEP 138 0.32 0.83 -0.61 -0.80 0.45 0.45 2.00 RSR-2729AC1739 TQGRATEAPNLSPAALTSP 139 -4.52 1.73 0.37 1.75 0.93 0.93 2.85RSR-2730 AC1740 TQGRAAEAPNLTPATLTAP 140 -2.20 2.73 0.22 1.19 0.51 0.511.29 RSR-2731 AC1741 TSGRAPEATNLAPAPLTGP 141 -1.72 -2.70 1.22 1.57 0.920.92 2.32 RSR-2732 AC1742 TQGRAAEAANLTPAGLTEP 142 -2.52 2.49 1.44 0.32-0.21 -0.21 2.29 RSR-2733 AC1743 TTGRAGSAPNLPPTGLTTP 143 1.09 2.91 0.320.48 -2.32 -2.32 -3.17 RSR-2734 AC1744 TTGRAGGAENLPPEGLTAP 144 0.83 2.000.66 0.55 0.55 0.55 1.83 RSR-2735 AC1745 TTSRAGTATNLTPEGLTAP 145 0.382.34 0.32 0.48 0.26 0.26 2.12 RSR-2736 AC1746 TTGRAGTATNLPPSGLTTP 1461.03 2.91 0.17 1.34 -1.10 -1.10 1.42 RSR-2737 AC1747 TTARAGEAENLSPSGLTAP147 -0.20 0.30 0.37 1.57 -0.03 -0.03 2.35 RSR-2738 AC1748TTGRAGGAGNLAPGGLTEP 148 1.68 3.37 1.03 -1.32 -1.65 -2.10 -1.05 RSR-2739AC1749 TTGRAGTATNLPPEGLTGP 149 1.49 3.43 0.31 -0.12 0.71 -0.58 -0.67RSR-2740 AC1750 TTGRAGGAANLAPTGLTEP 150 1.77 3.38 1.49 -1.02 -0.75 -1.32-0.43 RSR-2741 AC1751 TTGRAGTAENLAPSGLTTP 151 0.68 3.10 0.56 0.58 -0.51-0.91 0.42 RSR-2742 AC1752 TTGRAGSATNLGPGGLTGP 152 1.43 3.42 0.51 -0.27-3.23 -2.32 -0.17 RSR-2743 AC1753 TTARAGGAENLTPAGLTEP 153 1.63 2.19 0.78-0.50 -0.13 -2.58 1.18 RSR-2744 AC1754 TTARAGSAENLSPSGLTGP 154 1.04 2.320.65 0.59 0.00 -0.15 0.49 RSR-2745 AC1755 TTARAGGAGNLAPEGLTTP 155 1.122.77 0.40 -0.77 -0.58 -2.28 -1.00 RSR-2746 AC1756 TTSRAGAAENLTPTGLTGP156 -0.81 1.54 0.18 0.42 -0.85 -1.50 -0.26 RSR-2747 AC1757TYGRTTTPGNEPPASLEAE 157 -1.49 1.26 0.06 -0.20 -0.36 -2.77 -2.10 RSR-2748AC1758 TYSRGESGPNEPPPGLTGP 158 -4.81 -2.32 -0.76 -0.28 -2.68 -2.28 -2.91RSR-2749 AC1759 AWGRTGASENETPAPLGGE 159 -4.81 3.15 0.24 -1.28 -3.91-5.09 -2.58 RSR-2750 AC1760 RWGRAETTPNTPPEGLETE 160 -1.49 3.28 -0.29-3.17 -3.91 -5.09 -4.91 RSR-2751 AC1765 ESGRAANHTGAEPPELGAG 161 1.040.37 0.40 -1.59 -5.67 -5.26 -4.93 RSR-2754 AC1801 TTGRAGEAANLTPAGLTES162 -0.15 -0.82 -3.61 0.45 RSR-2755 AC1802 TTGRAGEAANLTPAALTES 163 0.060.29 -2.91 0.62 RSR-2756 AC1803 TTGRAGEAANLTPAPLTES 164 -0.58 -0.39-2.58 0.49 RSR-2757 AC1804 TTGRAGEAANLTPEPLTES 165 -1.59 -0.27 -1.89-0.52 RSR-2758 AC1805 TTGRAGEAANLTPAGLTGA 166 0.70 -0.43 0.17 0.85RSR-2759 AC1806 TTGRAGEAANLTPEGLTGA 167 0.04 -0.72 -1.06 -0.18 RSR-2760AC1807 TTGRAGEAANLTPEPLTGA 168 -0.06 -0.12 -1.90 -0.15 RSR-2761 AC1808TTGRAGEAANLTPAGLTEA 169 -0.06 -0.55 -3.71 0.69 RSR-2762 AC1809TTGRAGEAANLTPEGLTEA 170 -2.14 -0.69 -4.30 -0.59 RSR-2763 AC1810TTGRAGEAANLTPAPLTEA 171 -0.76 -0.31 -5.28 0.64 RSR-2764 AC1811TTGRAGEAANLTPEPLTEA 172 -2.18 -0.06 -5.28 -0.11 RSR-2765 AC1812TTGRAGEAANLTPEPLTGP 173 -0.31 0.07 -5.28 -5.63 RSR-2766 AC1813TTGRAGEAANLTPAGLTGG 174 0.77 -0.61 -5.28 -5.63 RSR-2767 AC1814TTGRAGEAANLTPEGLTGG 175 -0.20 -0.85 -1.26 -0.25 RSR-2768 AC1815TTGRAGEAANLTPEALTGG 176 -0.50 0.13 -1.80 -0.43 RSR-2769 AC1816TTGRAGEAANLTPEPLTGG 177 -0.44 -0.26 -2.40 -0.39 RSR-2770 AC1817TTGRAGEAANLTPAGLTEG 178 -0.07 -0.47 -3.18 0.40 RSR-2771 AC1818TTGRAGEAANLTPEGLTEG 179 -3.05 -0.93 -5.28 -0.99 RSR-2772 AC1819TTGRAGEAANLTPAPLTEG 180 -0.53 -0.24 -2.19 0.39 RSR-2773 AC1820TTGRAGEAANLTPEPLTEG 181 -3.80 -0.42 -5.28 -0.81 BSRS-1 AC1601LSGRSDNHSPLGLAGS 944 0.89 1.94 0.10 -0.67 -2.12 -0.50 -1.92 ND=notdetermined

Example 7: Competitive Digestion Using RSR-1517 as Internal Control

This competitive assay is developed to minimize any variability inenzyme concentration or reaction condition between reactions indifferent vials within the same experiment. In order to resolve both thecontrol substrate and the RS of interest in the same example, newcontrol plasmids are constructed.

1. Molecular Cloning of RSR-1517-containing Internal Control

Two internal control plasmids, AC1830 (HD2-V5-AE144-RSR-1517-XTEN288)and AC1840 (HD2-V5-AE144-RSR-1517-XTEN432), are constructed in a similarfashion as AC1611 described in Example 6, with the only difference inthe length of the C-terminal XTEN.

2. Enzymatic Digestion

2× substrate solution is prepared by mixing and diluting purified AC1830or AC1840 and the RS of interest in assay buffer so that the finalconcentrations of individual substrates are 6 µM. An enzyme master mixis prepared so that after 1:1 mixing with 2× substrate solution, thetotal reaction volume is 20 µL, the final substrate concentration ofeach component is 3 µM, and the enzyme-to-substrate ratio is as selectedin assay development. The reaction is incubated at 37° C. for 2 hoursbefore stopped by procedures as described above.

3. Relative Cleavage Efficiency Calculation

The reaction mixture is analyzed by non-reducing 4-12% SDS-PAGE. Sincethe internal control and the substrate of interest have differentmolecular weight, once cleaved, four bands should be visible in the samesample lane. Percentage of cleavage for both can be calculated and therelative cleavage efficiency can be derived from the same formula inExample 6:

$Log_{2}\left( \frac{\%\mspace{6mu} Cleaved\mspace{6mu} for\mspace{6mu} substrate\mspace{6mu} of\mspace{6mu} interest}{\%\mspace{6mu} cleaved\mspace{6mu} for\mspace{6mu} AC1611\mspace{6mu} in\mspace{6mu} the\mspace{6mu} same\mspace{6mu} experiment} \right)$

The only difference is now both values are calculated from the reactionmixture in the same vial, while previously from two reactions sharingthe same enzyme mix.

Conclusions: We expect this competitive digestion assay with RSR-1517 asinternal control to have less assay-to-assay variability when comparedto the assay described in Example 6 We anticipate to adopt this methodfor future release segment screening.

Example 9: In Vitro Caspase 3/7 Assay of anti-EGFR X anti-CD3 BispecificAntigen Binding Composition

Redirected cellular cytotoxicity of unmasked (with XTEN removed byproteolysis), masked (having 2 XTEN and 2 release segments cleavable byproteolysis), and uncleavable (with 2 XTEN and the release segmentsreplaced by a peptide not susceptible to proteolysis) anti-EGFR xanti-CD3 bispecific antigen binding polypeptide compositions wasassessed in an in vitro cell-based assay of caspase 3/7 activities ofapoptotic cells. Similar to the caspase cytotoxicity assay described inthe Examples, above, PBMC were mixed with EGFR positive tumor targetcells in a ratio of 10 effector cells to 1 target cell. All anti-EGFR xanti-CD3 bispecific antigen binding polypeptide compositions were testedusing a 10-point, 5x serial dilution of dose concentrations. Theunmasked anti-EGFR x anti-CD3 composition was evaluated at a final doserange of 0.000012 to 10 nM. The masked and uncleavable bispecificantigen binding polypeptide compositions were analyzed at a final doserange of 0.00064 to 250 nM. Appropriate EGFR positive human tumor targetcell lines included FaDu (squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck,SCCHN), SCC-9 (SCCHN), HCT-116 (colorectal bearing KRAS mutation),NCI-H1573 (colorectal bearing KRAS mutation), HT-29 (colorectal bearingBRAF mutation) and NCI-H1975 (EGFR T790M mutation). The cell lines wereselected to represent colorectal and SCCHN tumors with wild type EGFRand T790M, KRAS and BRAF mutations.

Upon cell lysis, released caspase 3/7 in culture supernatants wasmeasured by the amount of luminogenic caspase 3/7 substrate cleavage bycaspase 3/7 to generate the “glow-type” luminescent signal (PromegaCaspase-Glo 3/7 cat#G8091). The amount of luminescence is proportionalto the amount of caspase activities.

Results: As shown in Table 20, when evaluated in EGFR KRAS mutantHCT-116 cell line, the EC₅₀ activity of the masked anti-EGFR x anti-CD3bispecific antigen binding polypeptide was 3,408 pM. The EC₅₀ of theuncleavable variant activity was >100,000 pM and the unmasked EC₅₀activity of the unmasked compositions was 0.8 pM.

When evaluated in EGFR BRAF mutant HT-29 cell line, the EC₅₀ activity ofthe masked anti-EGFR x anti-CD3 bispecific antigen binding polypeptidewas 10,930 pM. The EC₅₀ activity of the uncleavable and unmaskedcompositions was >100,000 pM and 0.8 pM respectively.

The masked anti-EGFR x anti-CD3 bispecific antigen binding polypeptidewas ~4,000 to 14,000-fold less active than the unmasked anti-EGFR xanti-CD3 bispecific antigen binding polypeptide in the two EGFR mutantcell lines tested. As expected, the activity of the uncleavable variantwas the least active of the 3 versions evaluated, with an EC₅₀ ofgreater than 100,000 pM.

Conclusions: The results demonstrated that anti-EGFR x anti-CD3bispecific antigen binding polypeptide are cytotoxically active againstEGFR KRAS- and BRAF-mutant cell lines. Masked anti-EGFR x anti-CD3bispecific antigen binding polypeptide bearing two XTEN offered strongblocking of cytotoxicity activity, with 4000- to 14,000-fold lesscytotoxicity compared to the unmasked form.

TABLE 20 In vitro cytotoxicity activity of unmasked, masked/cleavableand uncleavable anti-EGFR × anti-CD3 variants in HT-29 and HCT-116 humancell lines ProTIA EC50 (pM) HCT-116 HT-29 Unmasked pJB0169 0.8 0.8Masked pJB0169 3408 10930 Uncleavable pJB0169 >100000 >100000

Example 10: Anti-tumor Properties of anti-EGFR × anti-CD3 BispecificAntigen Binding Polypeptide Compositions in Early Treatment HT-29 InVivo Model.

An in vivo efficacy experiment was performed to evaluate an EGFR-CD3bispecific antigen binding polypeptide composition based on the pJB0169construct in immunodeficient NOD/SCID mice, characterized by thedeficiency of T and B cells and impaired natural killer cells. Mice weremaintained in sterile, standardized environmental conditions and theexperiment was performed in accordance with US Institutional Animal CareAssociation for Assessment and Use Committee (IACUC Accreditation ofLaboratory Animal Care (AAALAC)) guidelines. The efficacy ofprotease-treated and protease-untreated anti-EGFR × anti-CD3 bispecificantigen binding polypeptide (e.g. pJB0169) was evaluated using the EGFRBRAF mutant human HT-29 adenocarcinoma xenograft model. Briefly, on day0, 6 NOD/SCID mice were subcutaneously implanted in the right flank with3 × 10⁶ HT-29 cells per mouse (Cohort 1). On the same day, cohort 2 to 7each consisting of 6 NOD/SCID mice per group were subcutaneouslyinjected in the right flank with a mixture of 6 × 10⁶ human PBMC and 3 ×10⁶ HT-29 cells per mouse. Four hours after HT-29 or HT-29/PBMC mixtureinoculation, treatments were initiated. Cohort 1 and 2 were injectedintravenously with vehicle (PBS+0.05% Tween 80), cohort 3 and 4 wereinjected with 0.05 mg/kg of the intact anti-EGFR × anti-CD3 bispecificconstruct and 0.5 mg/kg of the anti-EGFR × anti-CD3 bispecific constructtreated with protease to remove the XTEN from the polypeptide,respectively, cohort 5 and 6 were injected with 0.143 mg/kg and 1.43mg/kg intact anti-EGFR × anti-CD3 bispecific construct, and cohort 7were injected with 50 mg/kg cetuximab as the positive control. Cohorts 1to 6 further received seven additional doses administered daily from day1 to day 7 (total 8 doses). Cohort 7 was dosed with cetuximab twice/weekfor 4 weeks for a total of 8 doses.

Tumors in the mice were measured twice per week for a projected 33 dayswith a caliper in two perpendicular dimensions and tumor volumes werecalculated by applying the (width² × length) / 2 formula. Body weight,general appearance and clinical observations such as seizures, tremors,lethargy, hyper-reactivity, pilo-erection, labored/rapid breathing,coloration and ulceration of tumor and death were also closely monitoredas a measure of treatment related toxicity. Percent tumor growthinhibition index (%TGI) was calculated for each of the treatment groupby applying the formula: ((Mean tumor volume of Cohort 2 vehiclecontrol - Mean tumor volume of test article treatment)/mean tumor volumeof Cohort 2 vehicle control) × 100. Treatment results with a %TGI ≥60%is considered therapeutically active.

Results: At day 33, vehicle-treated cohort 1 mice bearing tumor cellsonly had an average tumor burden of 250±113 mm³. Cohort 2 mice treatedwith vehicle in the presence of human effector cells did not inhibittumor progression, having an average tumor burden of 238±228 mm3,demonstrating that human effector cells alone, as such, could not elicitan anti-tumor effect. Treatment with the protease-treated anti-EGFR ×anti-CD3 construct at 0.05 mg/kg and 0.5 mg/kg (cohort 3 and 4respectively) in the presence of human effector cells exhibited cleartumor growth inhibition with a %TGI of 99% for both treatment groups.Importantly, treatment with anti-EGRF × anti-CD3 XPAT at 0.143 mg/kg and1.43 mg/kg (cohort 5 and 6 respectively) in the presence of humaneffector cells also inhibited tumor growth in a dose-dependent mannerwith %TGI of 70% for the 0.143 mg/kg dose group and 96% in the 1.43mg/kg cohort. The data suggest that at 0.143 mg/kg and 1.43 mg/kgdosages, sufficient amounts of the anti-EGRF × anti-CD3 constructs wereeffectively cleaved by proteases in the in vivo tumor environment intothe more active, unXTENylated anti-EGFR × anti-CD3 bispecific antigenbinding fragments to yield the observed efficacy. Significantly, cohort7 treated with 50 mg/kg of cetuximab did not induce tumor regression,with a %TGI of -20%.

Conclusions: The results suggest that the anti-EGFR × anti-CD3bispecific construct can be effectively cleaved in vivo into the activeform and is efficacious in the EGFR BRAF mutant HT-29 tumor environmentto inhibit tumor progression. In addition, the anti-EGFR × anti-CD3bispecific construct was superior to the cetuximab control in anti-tumoractivity under the conditions of the experiment. Of note, no significantbody weight loss was observed in all test article treatment groups andvehicle control indicating that all treatments were well tolerated.

Example 11: Cell Binding Assessed by Flow Cytometry

Bispecific binding of the anti-EGFR × anti-CD3 bispecific antigenbinding composition is also evaluated by flow cytometry-based assaysutilizing CD3 positive human Jurkat cells and EGFR positive human cellsselected from HT-29, HCT-116, NCI-H1573, NCI-H1975, FaDu, and SCC-9 or astable CHO cell line expressing EGFR. CD3⁺ and EGFR⁺ cells are incubatedwith a dose range of untreated anti-EGFR × anti-CD3 bispecific antigenbinding composition (PJB0169, comprising 2 XTEN and 2 RS),protease-treated PJB0169, and anti-CD3 scFv and anti-EGFR scFv positivecontrols for 30 min at 4° C. in binding buffer containing HBSS with 2%BSA and 5 mM EDTA. After washing with binding buffer to remove unboundtest material, cells are incubated with FITC-conjugated anti-His tagantibody (Abcam cat #ab1206) for 30 min at 4° C. Unbound FITC-conjugatedantibody is removed by washing with binding buffer and cells resuspendedin binding buffer for acquisition on a FACS Calibur flow cytometer(Becton Dickerson) or equivalent instrument. All flow cytometry data areanalyzed with FlowJo software (FlowJo LLC) or equivalent.

While anti-EGFR scFv is not expected to bind to Jurkat cells, anti-CD3scFv, untreated PJB0169 and protease-treated PJB0169 are all expected tobind to Jurkat cells as indicated by an increase in fluorescenceintensity when compared to Jurkat cells incubated with FITC-conjugatedanti-His tag antibody alone. Similarly, anti-EGFR scFv, protease-treatedand untreated PJB0169 are all expected to bind to EGFR positive cells,while anti-CD3 scFv is not expected to bind to EGFR positive cells. Itis expected that these data will reflect the bispecific binding abilityof the anti-EGFR × anti-CD3 bispecific antigen binding composition torecognize both the CD3 and EGFR antigen expressed respectively on Jurkatand the panel of EGFR expressing human cell lines. Furthermore, due tothe XTEN polymer providing some interference in surface binding, theuntreated anti-EGFR × anti-CD3 bispecific antigen binding composition isexpected to bind at a lower affinity than the protease-treatedbispecific antigen binding composition for both the CD3 and EpCAMantigens.

Example 12: Cell Lysis Assessed by Flow Cytometry

Cell lysis by the anti-EGFR × anti-CD3 bispecific antigen bindingcomposition is evaluated by flow cytometry utilizing human PBMCs and anEGFR positive cell line. EGFR positive HCT-116 target cells (or targetcells selected from HT-29, NCI-H1573, NCI-H1975, FaDu, and SCC-9 or astable CHO cell line expressing EGFR) are labeled with the fluorescentmembrane dye CellVue Maroon dye (Affymetrix/eBioscience, cat#88-0870-16) according to manufacturer’s instructions. AlternativelyPKH26 (Sigma, cat #MINI26 and PKH26GL) can also be used. In brief,HCT-116 cells are washed twice with PBS followed by resuspension of 2 ×10⁶ cells in 0.1 mL Diluent C provided with the CellVue Maroon labelingkit. In a separate tube, 2 microL of CellVue Maroon dye is mixed with0.5 mL diluent C, and then 0.1 mL added to the HCT-116 cell suspension.The cell suspension and CellVue Maroon dye are mixed and incubated for 2min at room temperature. The labeling reaction is then quenched by theaddition of 0.2 mL of fetal bovine serum (FCS). Labeled cells are washedtwice with complete cell culture medium (RPMI-1640 containing 10% FCS)and the total number of viable cells determined by trypan blueexclusion. For an effector to target ratio of 10:1 in a total volume of200 microL per well, 1×10⁵ PBMC are co-cultured with 1 × 10⁴ CellVueMaroon-labeled HCT-116 cells per well in a 96-well round-bottom plate inthe absence or presence of the indicated dose range concentration ofprotease-treated and untreated anti-EGFR × anti-CD3 bispecific antigenbinding composition (PJB0169, comprising 2 XTEN and 2 RS) samples. After24 h, cells are harvested with Accutase (Innovative Cell Technologies,cat #AT104) and washed with 2% FCS/PBS. Before cell acquisition on aGuava easyCyte flow cytometer (Millipore), cells are resuspended in 100microL 2% FCS/PBS supplemented with 2.5 micrograms/mL 7-AAD(Affymetrix/eBioscience, cat #00-6993-50) to discriminate between alive(7-AAD-negative) and dead (7-AAD-positive) cells. FACS data are analyzedwith guavaSoft software (Millipore); and percentage of dead target cellsis calculated by the number of 7-AAD-positive/CellVue Maroon-positivecells divided by the total number of CellVue Maroon-positive cells.

Dose response kill curves of percent cytotoxicity against bispecificantigen binding composition concentration are analyzed by 4parameter-logistic regression equation using GraphPad Prism; and theconcentration of bispecific antigen binding composition that inducedhalf maximal percent cell cytotoxicity is thus determined.

Cytotoxicity results utilizing flow cytometry are expected to be in-linewith results obtained with other cytotoxicity assays, including LDH andcaspase. Exposure of HCT-116 cells to protease-cleaved and uncleavedanti-EGFR × anti-CD3 bispecific antigen binding compositions in theabsence of PBMC are expected to have no effect. Similarly, PBMC are notexpected to be activated in the presence of bispecific antigen bindingcomposition without target cells. These results are expected to indicatethat bispecific antigen binding compositions need to be clustered on thesurface of target cells in order to stimulate PBMC for cytotoxicityactivity. In the presence of PBMC and target cells, there would be aconcentration-dependent cytotoxic effect due to bispecific antigenbinding composition pretreated or untreated with protease. Further,results are expected to show that exposure of HCT-116 cells to untreatedbispecific antigen binding composition (no protease) in the presence ofPBMC would show reduced cytotoxicity as compared to protease-cleavedbispecific antigen binding composition.

Example 13: T-cell Activation Marker Assays of anti-EGFR × anti-CD3Bispecific Antigen Binding Composition.

To measure the anti-EGFR × anti-CD3 bispecific antigen bindingcomposition induced activation markers (CD69 and CD25), 1 × 10⁵ PBMC orpurified CD3+ cells are co-cultured in RPMI-1640 containing 10% FCS with1 × 10⁴ HCT-116 or HT-29 cells per assay well (i.e., effector to targetratio of 10:1) in the presence of anti-EGFR × anti-CD3 bispecificantigen binding composition (PJB0169, comprising 2 XTEN and 2 RS) in a96-well round-bottom plate with total final volume of 200 microL. After20 h incubation in a 37° C., 5% CO₂ humidified incubator, cells arestained with PECy5-conjugated anti-CD4, APC-conjugated anti-CD8,PE-conjugated anti-CD25, and FITC-conjugated anti-CD69 (all antibodiesfrom BioLegend) in FACS buffer (1% BSA/PBS) at 4° C., washed twice withFACS buffer, and then re-suspended in FACS buffer for acquisition on aGuava easyCyte flow cytometer (Millipore).

The T-cell activation marker expression trend of the three bispecificantigen binding composition molecules is expected to be similar to thatobserved by cytotoxicity assays, including LDH and caspase. Activationof CD69 on CD8 and CD4 populations of PBMC or CD3+ cells by untreatedanti-EGFR × anti-CD3 bispecific antigen binding composition (pJB0169) isexpected to be less active than protease-treated pJB0169 bispecificantigen binding composition; and the non-cleavable anti-EGFR × anti-CD3bispecific antigen binding composition (pJB0172) is expected to be lessactive than the untreated pJB0169.

Example 14: Cytometric Bead Array Analysis for Human Th1/Th2 CytokinesUsing Stimulated Normal Healthy Human PBMCs and Intact andProtease-treated anti-EGFR × anti-CD3 Bispecific Antigen BindingComposition

As a safety assessment of the ability of intact versus cleaved anti-EGFR× anti-CD3 bispecific antigen binding composition (pJB0169, comprising 2XTEN and 2 RS) to stimulate release of T-cell related cytokines in acell-based in vitro assay, a panel of cytokines including IL-2, IL-4,IL-6, IL-10, TNF-alpha, IFN-gamma are analyzed using the cytometric beadarray (CBA) on supernatants from cultured human PBMC stimulated withprotease-treated and untreated anti-EGFR × anti-CD3 bispecific antigenbinding composition samples. The antihuman CD3 antibody, OKT3, is usedas positive control and untreated wells serve as negative control.

Briefly, OKT3 (0, 10 nM, 100 nM and 1000 nM) and protease-treated anduntreated anti-EGFR × anti-CD3 bispecific antigen binding composition(pJB0169 at 10 nM, 100 nM, 1000 nM and 2000 nM) are dry-coated onto a96-well flat bottomed plate by allowing the wells to evaporate overnightin the biosafety hood. Wells are then washed once gently with PBS and1X10⁶ PBMC in 200 microL were added to each well. The plate is thenincubated at 37° C., 5% CO₂ for 24 h, after which tissue culturesupernatant is collected from each well and analyzed for cytokinereleased using the validated commercial CBA kit (BD CBA human Th1/Th2cytokine kit, cat # 551809) by flow cytometry following manufacturer’sinstructions.

OKT3, but not untreated wells, is expected to induce robust secretion ofall cytokines (IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, TNF-alpha, IFN-gamma) evaluated,thereby confirming the performance of the CBA cytokine assay.Stimulation with protease-treated anti-EGFR × anti-CD3 bispecificantigen binding composition is expected to trigger significant cytokineexpression, especially at concentrations higher than 100 nM for all ofthe cytokines tested. In contrast, baseline levels of IL-2, IL-6, IL-10,TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma are expected when the intact non-cleavedanti-EGFR × anti-CD3 bispecific antigen binding composition molecule isthe stimulant at a concentration range of 10 to 2000 nM. These datasupport that the XTEN polymer of the intact bispecific antigen bindingcomposition provides considerable shielding effect and hinders PBMCstimulated cytokine responses compared to the protease-treatedbispecific antigen binding composition in which the EGFR × anti-CD3portion is released from the composition.

Example 15: Cytotoxicity Assays of anti-EGFR × anti-CD3 BispecificAntigen Binding Composition in the Presence of Purified CD3 Positive Tcells.

To demonstrate that cytotoxic activity of bispecific antigen bindingcomposition molecules is mediated by CD3 positive T cells, non-cleavableanti-EGFR × anti-CD3 bispecific antigen binding composition without therelease segment (pJB0172, comprising 2 XTEN) and protease-treated anduntreated anti-EGFR × anti-CD3 bispecific antigen binding composition(pJB0169, comprising 2 XTEN and 2 RS) are evaluated in EGFR+ human celllines (e.g. HCT-116 or HT-29) in the presence of purified human CD3positive T cells. Purified human CD3 positive T cells are purchased fromBioreclamationIV, where they are isolated by negative selection usingMagCellect Human CD3+ T cell isolation kit from whole blood of healthydonors. In this experiment, purified human CD3 positive T cells aremixed with an EGFR+ cell line in a ratio of about 10:1 and all threebispecific antigen binding composition molecules were tested as a12-point, 5x serial dilution dose curve in the LDH assay as describedabove. The activity trend of the three bispecific antigen bindingcomposition molecules profiled with CD3+ cells is expected to be similarto the profile of the same cell line with PBMCs. Untreated pJB0169 isexpected to be less active than protease-treated pJB0169; and thenon-cleavable pJB0172 is expected to be less active than untreatedpJB0169. Such results would demonstrate that cytotoxic activity ofbispecific antigen binding composition molecules is indeed mediated byCD3 positive T cells. The susceptibility of the release segmentcontained within the cleavable anti-EGFR × anti-CD3 bispecific antigenbinding composition molecule to proteases postulated to be released fromthe tumor cells and/or activated CD3 positive T cells in the assaymixture is likely to differ between cell lines.

Example 16: T-cell Activation Marker and Cytokine Release Assays ofanti-EGFR × anti-CD3 Bispecific Antigen Binding Composition.

To measure the anti-EGFR × anti-CD3 bispecific antigen bindingcomposition induced expression of cytokines, purified CD3+ cells areco-cultured with HCT-116 cells per assay well (i.e., effector to targetratio of about 10:1) in the presence of anti-EGFR × anti-CD3 bispecificantigen binding composition (pJB0169, comprising 2 XTEN and 2 RS) in a96-well round-bottom plate with total final volume of 200 microL. After20 h incubation in a 37° C., 5% CO₂ humidified incubator, cellsupernatant is harvested for cytokine measurements. This assay can alsobe performed with other target cells selected from HT-29, NCI-H1573,NCI-H1975, FaDu, and SCC-9 as well as PBMC in place of purified CD3+cells.

Cytokine analysis of interleukin (IL)-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, tumornecrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and interferon (IFN)-gamma secreted into thecell culture supernatant is quantitated using the Human Th1/Th2 CytokineCytometric Bead Array (CBA) kit (BD Biosciences cat #550749) followingmanufacturer’s instruction. In the absence of bispecific antigen bindingcomposition, no cytokine secretion above background is expected frompurified CD3+ cells. pJB0169 in the presence of EGFR-positive targetcells and purified CD3+ cells is expected to activate T cells andsecrete a pattern of T cell cytokines with a high proportion of Th1cytokines such as IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha. Compared to intact pJB0169,lower concentrations of protease-treated pJB0169 are expected to activeT cells and secrete T cell cytokines, supporting the shielding effect ofthe XTEN polymer in the bispecific antigen binding composition.

Example 17: Single- and Multi-dose Pharmacokinetic Determination ofanti-EGFR × anti-CD3 Bispecific Antigen Binding Polypeptide in Non-HumanPrimates

The pharmacokinetics (PK) and general tolerability of anti-EGFR ×anti-CD3 bispecific antigen binding polypeptide bearing 2 XTEN polymers(i.e., pJB0169) following single and multiple intravenousadministrations was evaluated in naïve, healthy non-human primates (NHP)(e.g., cynomolgus monkeys). Briefly, one female and one male monkey wasintravenously infused with 8.5 µg/kg of the composition via the cephalicvein. Both animals were monitored for two weeks. Following no observableadverse events, animals were subjected to a multi-dose regimen initiatedas one dose every three days for three weeks (total 9 doses in study).The multi-dose phase began with Day 15 and ended on Day 36. At specifictime points throughout the study, blood was collected for assay ofpharmacokinetics, cytokines, hematology and serum chemistries.

Animal monitoring included body weight, body temperature and cage-sideobservations once or twice daily during the duration of the study.Animals were monitored for general health and appearance; signs of painand distress, fever, chills, nauseas, vomiting and skin integrity. Ondosing days, animals were checked for injection site reactions beforeand after administration of the compositions. Hematology and serumchemistry were determined at predose and 24 hour after first singledose. Cytokines were evaluated at pre-dose and at appropriate intervalswithin 72 hours post first single dose and in the multi-dose phase.

The amount of pJB0169 present in plasma was quantitated on a sandwichELISA using EGFR-biotin captured on an electrochemiluminescencestreptavidin plate with sulfo-tagged anti-XTEN-antibody as detection.Pharmacokinetic parameters including Cmax, Tmax, area under the curve,half-life and exposure profile were analyzed using the WinNonLinsoftware.

The cytokine panel included measurement of IFN-gamma, IL-1beta,TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, and IL-10 using the Meso-ScaleDiscovery platform following manufacturer’s instructions. The lowerlimit of detection for these cytokines are 2.0 pg/mL, 0.32 pg/mL, 0.11pg/mL, 0.68 pg/mL, 0.04 pg/mL, 0.23 pg/mL and 0.10 pg/mL respectively.The hematology panel included measurement of white blood cells, redblood cells, hemoglobin, hematocrit, mean corpuscular hemoglobin volume,mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, red blood cell distributionwidth, platelet, mean platelet volume, % neutrophils, % lymphocytes, %monocytes, % eosinophils and % basophils.The serum chemistry panelincluded measurement of alanine aminotransferase, aspartateaminotransferase, total protein, albumin, alkaline phosphatase,globulin, albumin/globulin ratio, γ-glutamyltransferase, glucose, urea,creatinine, calcium, total cholesterol, triglycerides, total bilirubin,sodium, potassium, chlorine and creatine kinase.

Results: pJB0169 was well tolerated at a dose of 8.5 µg/kg. There was noloss in body weight. No chills, fever, nausea, vomiting, skin rash, testartile injection site reaction were observed. All measured cytokinelevels except IL-6 were below the limits of detection. Althoughdetectable in the single-dose and multi-dose phase, the level of IL-6detected is considered to be background with the highest level notexceeding 51 pg/mL in male and 19 pg/mL in female animals in the rangeof time points evaluated. Hematology and clinical panel were withinnormal range. Following Day 1 administration, at 8.5 µg/kg, the averageC_(max) value was 372 ng/mL, the averaged AUC_(0-168h) was 15839ng*h/mL, the averaged AUC_(0-inf) was 16342 ng*h/mL, the averaged CLvalue was 0.00886 mL/min/kg and the averaged T_(½) value was 24.2 hours.The volume of distribution (Vd) was 0.0238 L/kg. Following Day 36administration, average C_(max) value was 410 ng/mL, the averagedAUC_(0-168h) was 22985 ng*h/mL, the averaged AUC₀₋inf was 24663 ng*h/mL,the averaged CL value was 0.00578 mL/min/kg and the averaged T_(½) valuewas 44.0 hours. The volume of distribution (Vd) was 0.0196 L/kg. Theaccumulative index of C_(max) and AUC_(0-168h) in monkey followingsingle or multiple IV infusion administration of pJB0169 at 8.5 µg/kgwere 1.10 and 1.45. There was no significant difference in systemicexposure between Day 1 and Day 36 administration. Data also suggest noemergence of anti-drug antibodies.

Example 18: Dose Range Finding of anti-EGFR × anti-CD3 BispecificAntigen Binding Polypeptide in Non-Human Primates

The dose range finding study of pJB0169 bispecific antigen bindingpolypeptide in non-human primates was carried out in healthy, naïvecynomolgus monkeys with one female and one male monkey per cohort.Briefly, one female and one male monkey was intravenously infused withpJB0169 via the cephalic vein. Both animals were monitored for twoweeks. Following no observable adverse events, animals were subjected toa multi-dose regimen initiated as one dose every three days for threeweeks (total 9 doses in study). The multi-dosing phase began with Day 15and ended on Day 36. At specific time points throughout the study, bloodwas collected for assay of pharmacokinetics, cytokines, hematology andserum chemistries. Twenty-four hours after the last dose (i.e., Day 37),animals were necropsied for histopathology evaluation. When no adverseevents were observed one week after the first dose in a cohort, pJB0169was dose escalated 2- or 3-fold in the next cohort. Dose escalation willproceed until adverse events are observed.

Animal monitoring included body weight, food consumption, bodytemperature and cage-side observations once or twice daily during theduration of the study. Animals were monitored for general health andappearance; signs of pain and distress; fever, chills, nauseas, vomitingand skin integrity. On dosing days, animals were checked for injectionsite reaction before and after XPAT administration.

The amount of pJB0169 present in plasma will be quantitated on asandwich ELISA using EGFR-biotin captured on an electrochemiluminescencestreptavidin plate with sulfo-tagged anti-XTEN-antibody as detection.Pharmacokinetic parameters including Cmax, Tmax, area under the curve,half-life and exposure profile will be analyzed using WinNonLinsoftware.

The cytokine panel includes measurement of IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6,IL-10, IL-13, IFN-γ and TNFα using Beckon Dickinson Cytometric BeadArray.

The hematology panel included measurement of white blood cells, redblood cells, hemoglobin, hematocrit, mean corpuscular hemoglobin volume,mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, red blood cell distributionwidth, platelet, mean platelet volume, % neutrophils, % lymphocytes, %monocytes, % eosinophils and % basophils.

The serum chemistry panel included measurement of alanineaminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, total protein, albumin,alkaline phosphatase, globulin, albumin/globulin ratio,γ-glutamyltransferase, glucose, urea, creatinine, calcium, totalcholesterol, triglycerides, total bilirubin, sodium, potassium, chlorineand creatine kinase.

Histopathology evaluation with H&E staining were performed on a panel oftissues including adrenal glands, aorta, bone, brain, epididymides,esophagus, eyes, fallopian tubes (female only), heart, kidney, largeintestines, liver with gall bladder, lungs, lymph nodes, mammary glands(female only), ovaries (female only), pancreas, pituitary gland,prostate gland, salivary glands, skeletal muscles, skin, smallintestines, spinal cord, spleen, stomach, testes (male only), thymus,thyroid glands, trachea, urinary bladder, uterus and injection site.

Interim results: The starting dose in this dose range finding study wasCohort 1 at 25.5 µg/kg of pJB0169. No observable adverse events such asfever, chills, skin rash, nausea, vomiting, abnormal hematology andserum chemistry were observed in the single-dose and multi-dose phase.pJB0169 was therefore dose-escalated 3-fold to 76.5 µg/kg in Cohort 2.No observable adverse events were observed in Cohort 2 and pJB0169 wasdose-escalated 3-fold to 230 µg/kg in Cohort 3. Other than a reversibleincrease in AST, ALT and total bilirubin readings above the normalrange, no other adverse events were observed and pJB0169 was nextdose-escalated 2-fold to 460 µg/kg in Cohort 4. No observable adverseevents were observed in Cohort 4. Further dose escalation of pJB0169 isongoing.

There were no found dead and moribund animals during the whole studyperiod. There were no test article-related organ weight changes in anytreatment groups. There were no observed gross lesions in all the testedanimals. Microscopically, the major findings were subcutaneoushemorrhage, tissue necrosis, neutrophilic infiltration, venous necrosisor thrombosis, and skin crust at the injection sites of some animals.These changes were likely attributed to the intravenous infusionprocedure.

Interim conclusions: pJB0169 is well tolerated in non-human primates atdoses up to 460 µg/kg. No test article-related organ weight andpathologic changes were observed in all tested dose groups.

Example 19: Determination of Isoelectric Point (pI) of Antigen BindingFragments

To determine the isoelectric point of each CD3 and EGFR variant antigenbinding fragment, each was analyzed using the Protein Titration CurvePanel in the Biologics suite of Maestro (Schrödinger, Germany). Thetitration curve for a protein is calculated from the pKa values oftitratable groups—individual ionizable residues and termini- by summingthe fractional charges of each such group at intervals in the pH value.The pKa values are generated with ProPKA (Sondergaard, C. et al. ToxicolLett. 205(2):116 (2011); Olsson, M. et. al. Proteins 79:3333 (2011)).The titration curves were plotted and the isoelectric point (pI) wasdetermined for each curve, with the results presented in the tables,below.

TABLE 21 Isoelectric points for CD3 variants Antibody VariantIsoelectric Point (pI) CD3 3.9 6.8 CD3 CD3.30 6.8 CD3 CD3.31 6.2 CD3CD3.32 6.2 CD3 CD3.33 6.2

TABLE 22 Isoelectric points for EGFR variants Antibody VariantIsoelectric Point (pI) EGFR EGFR.2 5.0 EGFR EGFR.13 5.0 EGFR EGFR.18 5.1EGFR EGFR.23 5.1 EGFR EGFR.14 5.0 EGFR EGFR.19 5.1 EGFR EGFR.24 5.1 EGFREGFR.15 5.3 EGFR EGFR.20 5.5 EGFR EGFR.25 5.5 EGFR EGFR.16 5.3 EGFREGFR.21 5.5 EGFR EGFR.26 5.5 EGFR EGFR.17 5.3 EGFR EGFR.22 5.5 EGFREGFR.27 5.5

What is claimed is:
 1. A polypeptide comprising an antibody bindingfragment (AF1), wherein the AF1 comprises light chaincomplementarity-determining regions (CDR-L), heavy chaincomplementarity-determining regions (CDR-H), light chain frameworkregions (FR-L), and heavy chain framework regions (FR-H), and whereinthe AF1: a. specifically binds to epidermal growth factor receptor(EGFR); b. comprises a variable heavy (VH) amino acid sequence having atleast 90% sequence identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:28-32; and c. comprises a variable light (VL) amino acid sequence havingat least 90% sequence identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:25-
 27. 2. (canceled)
 3. (canceled)
 4. The polypeptide of claim 1,wherein the AF1 exhibits an isoelectric point (pI) that is at least 0.1pH units higher the pI of the antigen binding fragment consisting of asequence shown in SEQ ID NO:52.
 5. The polypeptide of claim 1, whereinthe AF1 is incorporated into the polypeptide to form an anti-EGFRbispecific antibody, wherein the polypeptide exhibits a higher pIrelative to a control bispecific antibody, wherein said polypeptidecomprises said AF1 and a reference antigen binding fragment that bindsto a cluster of differentiation 3 T cell receptor (CD3), and whereinsaid control bispecific antigen binding fragment is identical to thepolypeptide except that the AF1 is replaced with SEQ ID NO:52-. 6-25.(canceled)
 26. The polypeptide of any one of the preceding claims,further comprising a first release segment peptide (RS1), wherein theRS1 is a substrate for cleavage by a mammalian protease selected fromthe group consisting of legumain, MMP-2, MMP-7, MMP-9, MMP-11, MMP-14,uPA, and matriptase and has an amino acid sequence having at least 90%sequence identity to a sequence selected form any one of SEQ ID NOs:53-671. 27-29. (canceled)
 30. The polypeptide of any one of thepreceding claims, further comprising a first extended recombinantpolypeptide (XTEN1) wherein the XTEN1 is characterized in that it has atleast about 36 amino acids; at least 90% of its the amino acid residuesare selected from glycine (G), alanine (A), serine (S), threonine (T),glutamate (E) and proline (P); it has at least 4-6 different amino acidsselected from G, A, S, T, E and P; and it comprises at least three ofthe amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS:672-675 and/or comprises an aminoacid sequence at least about 90% identical to a sequence selected fromany one of SEQ ID NOS: 676-734 . 31-33. (canceled)
 34. The polypeptideof any one of the preceding claims, wherein the AF1 is a chimeric or ahumanized antigen binding fragment and optionally is selected from thegroup consisting of Fv, Fab, Fab′, Fab′-SH, linear antibody, andsingle-chain variable fragment (scFv).
 35. (canceled)
 36. Thepolypeptide of any one of the preceding claims expressed as a fusionprotein, wherein the fusion protein, in an uncleaved state, has astructural arrangement from N-terminus to C-terminus of AF1-RS1-XTEN1 orXTEN1-RS1-AF1.
 37. The polypeptide of any one of the preceding claims,further comprising a second antigen binding fragment (AF2) thatspecifically binds to cluster of differentiation 3 T cell receptor (CD3)or a CD3 complex subunit selected from any one of CD3 epsilon, CD3delta, CD3 gamma, CD3 zeta, CD3 alpha and CD3 beta epsilon. 38-40.(canceled)
 41. The polypeptide of claim 37, wherein the AF2 compriseslight chain complementarity-determining regions (CDR-L) and heavy chaincomplementarity-determining regions (CDR-H), and wherein the AF2comprises: a CDR-H1 having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 742, aCDR-H2 having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 743, a CDR-H3 havingthe amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 744, a CDR-L1 having an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NOS: 735 or 736, a CDR-L2 having an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NOS: 738 or 739, and a CDR-L3 having an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:740.
 42. (canceled)
 43. The polypeptide of claim41, wherein the AF2 further comprises light chain framework regions(FR-L) and heavy chain framework regions (FR-H) wherein AF2 comprises: aFR-L1 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:746; a FR-L2 having anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:747; a FR-L3 having an amino acidsequence of any one of SEQ ID NOS:748-751; a FR-L4 having an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:754; a FR-H1 having an amino acid sequence of SEQID NO:755 or SEQ ID NO:756; a FR-H2 having an amino acid sequence of SEQID NO:759; a FR-H3 having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:760; and aFR-H4 having an amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NO:764. 44-47.(canceled)
 48. The polypeptide of claim 27, wherein the AF2 comprises avariable heavy (VH) amino acid sequence having at least 90% sequenceidentity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NOs: 766, 769, 773, or 775and wherein the AF2 comprises a variable light (VL) amino acid sequencehaving at least 90%, sequence identity or is identical to an amino acidsequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 765, 767, 768, 770, 771, 772, or 774.49. (canceled)
 50. The polypeptide of claim 37, wherein the AF2comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 95% sequence identityto an amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOS:776-780. 51-55.(canceled)
 56. The polypeptide of claim 37, wherein the AF2 is fused tothe AF1 by a flexible peptide linker, and wherein the flexible linkercomprises 2 or 3 amino acids selected from the group consisting ofglycine, serine, and proline.
 57. (canceled)
 58. The polypeptide ofclaim 37, wherein (1) the AF2 fragment is selected from the groupconsisting of Fv, Fab, Fab′, Fab′-SH, linear antibody, a single domainantibody, and single-chain variable fragment (scFv), or (2) the AF1 andAF2 are configured as an (Fab′)2 or a single chain diabody. 59-64.(canceled)
 65. The polypeptide of claim 37, further comprising a secondrelease segment (RS2), wherein the RS2 is a substrate for cleavage by amammalian protease selected from the group consisting of legumain,MMP-2, MMP-7, MMP-9, MMP-11, MMP-14, uPA, and matriptase. 66-70.(canceled)
 71. The polypeptide of claim 65, further comprising a secondextended recombinant polypeptide (XTEN2) wherein the XTEN2 ischaracterized in that it has at least about 36 amino acids; at least 90%of the amino acid residues of its sequence are selected from glycine(G), alanine (A), serine (S), threonine (T), glutamate (E) and proline(P); and it has at least 4-6 different amino acids selected from G, A,S, T, E and P.
 72. The polypeptide of claim 71, wherein the XTEN2comprises an amino acid sequence that comprises at least three of theamino acid sequences selected from SEQ ID NOs: 672-675 and/or whereinthe XTEN2 comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 90% identityto a sequence selected from SEQ ID NOS: 676-734.
 73. (canceled) 74.(canceled)
 75. The polypeptide of claim 71, wherein the polypeptide hasa structural arrangement from N-terminus to C-terminus as follows:XTEN1-RS1-AF1-AF2-RS2-XTEN2, XTEN1-RS1-AF2-AF1-RS2-XTEN2,XTEN2-RS2-AF2-AF1-RS1-XTEN1, XTEN2-RS2-AF1-AF2-RS1-XTEN1,XTEN2-RS2-diabody-RS1-XTEN1, or XTEN1-RS1-diabody-RS2-XTEN2, wherein thediabody comprises VL and VH of the AF1 and AF2, wherein the AF2specifically binds CD3 and AF1 specifically binds EGFR, and wherein XTEN1 and XTEN2 are of the same or different amino acid length or sequence.76. (canceled)
 77. A pharmaceutical composition comprising thepolypeptide of any one of the preceding claims and one or morepharmaceutically suitable excipients. 78-81. (canceled)
 82. Use of thepolypeptide comprising the polypeptide of any one of the precedingclaims in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of a diseasein a subject, wherein the disease is selected from the group of cancersconsisting of anaplastic and medullary thyroid cancers, appendicealcancer, arrhenoblastoma, biliary tract carcinoma, bladder cancer, breastcancer, cancers of the bile duct, carcinoid tumor, cervical cancer,cholangiocarcinoma, colon cancer, colorectal cancer, craniopharyngioma,endometrial cancer, epithelial intraperitoneal malignancy with malignantascites, esophageal cancer, Ewing sarcoma, fallopian tube cancer,follicular cancer, gall bladder cancer, gastric cancer, gastrointestinalstromal tumor (GIST), GE-junction cancer, genito-urinary tract cancer,glioma, glioblastoma, head and neck cancer, hepatoblastoma,hepatocarcinoma, HR+ and HER2+ breast cancer, Hurthle cell cancer,Inflammatory breast cancer, Kaposi sarcoma, kidney cancer, laryngealcancer, liposarcoma, liver cancer, lung cancer, medulloblastoma,melanoma, Merkel cell carcinoma, neuroblastoma, neuroblastoma,neuroendocrine cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, osteosarcoma (bonecancer), ovarian cancer, ovarian cancer with malignant ascites,pancreatic cancer, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, papillary cancer,parathyroid cancer, peritoneal carcinomatosis, peritoneal mesothelioma,primitive neuroectodermal tumor, prostate cancer, retinoblastoma,rhabdomyosarcoma, salivary gland carcinoma, sarcoma, skin cancer, smallcell lung cancer, small intestine cancer, stomach cancer, testicularcancer, thyroid cancer, triple negative breast cancer, urothelialcancer, uterine cancer, uterine serous carcinoma, vaginal cancer, vulvarcancer, and Wilms tumor. 83-89. (canceled)
 90. An isolated nucleic acid,the nucleic acid comprising (a) a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptideof any one of the preceding claims; or (b) the complement of thepolynucleotide of (a). 91-147. (canceled)